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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carpetbagger \Car"pet*bag`ger\, n. An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865) From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: carpetbagger n : an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"
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