Carpetbagger - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɑːrpɪtbæɡər|  American pronunciation of the word carpetbagger
Brit.  |ˈkɑːpɪtbæɡə|  British pronunciation of the word carpetbagger

noun

- an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south

Word forms

noun
singular: carpetbagger
plural: carpetbaggers
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