carpetbagger

car·pet·bag·ger  (kärpt-bgr)

n.

1. A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.

2. An outsider, especially a politician, who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new locality.

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[So called because they carried their belongings in carpetbags.]

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carpet·bagger·y n.

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carpetbagger

Noun

1. a politician who seeks office in a place where he or she has no connections

2. Brit a person who makes a short-term investment in a mutual savings or life-assurance organization in order to benefit from free shares issued following the organization's conversion to a public limited company

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

carpetbagger - an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south" opportunist, self-seeker - a person who places expediency above principle

Translations

carpetbagger

n carpetbagger [ˈkaːpitˌbagə, (American ) ˈka:rpitˌbagər]

politician who moves to a place where he/she sees an opportunity to promote his/her career. politieke indringer سِياسيٌّ مُتَنَقِّلٌ لِتَحْسينِ مَوْقِعِهِ политически кандидат volební kandidát lykkerider; opportunist der Oportunist/in πολιτικός τυχοδιώκτης oportunista poliitiline seikleja, saamamees رجاله؛ فرصت طلب opportuniste מְחָפֵש הִזְדָמנוּת לְרֵווָח अपने केरियर की खातिर दूसरी जगह चला जाने वाला राजनीतिज्ञ politički avanturist politikai kalandor politisi kutu loncat politicante 渡り政治家 politikas perėjūnas (ārpus sava vēlēšanu apgabala dzīvojošs) deputāta kandidāts ahli politik jalanan van buiten verkiezingskandidaat het district lykkeridder; opportunist kandydat na posła szukający poparcia w nieswoim okręgu wyborczym политический авантюрист volebný kandidát, agitátor z iného volebného obvodu politik, ki ni iz kraja, kjer agitira preletač politisk lycksökare นักการเมืองที่ย้ายจากพรรคหนึ่งไปอีกพรรคนหนึ่ง akbaba politikacı 外來政客 політичний діяч, не зв'язаний походженням чи проживанням зі своєю виборчою округою ابن الوقت سیاست دان ứng cử viên 外来政客