carpetbagger

listen to the pronunciation of carpetbagger
Английский Язык - Турецкий язык
maceracı politikacı
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
a Northerner with no Southern ties who migrates to the South for work

He's just a carpetbagger who was surprised to find that Southerns are not like the cast of The Dukes of Hazzard or Deliverance.

One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain; one who carpetbags
A candidate who runs in a district where he or she has not previously held residence

Though he lived and worked in Los Angeles for sixteen years, the candidate for Attorney General is no carpetbagger; he was born and raised in this state and graduated from the state university.

One of several Northern politicians who migrated to the South during Reconstruction and held public office
An candidate who runs in a district where he or she has not previously held residence
disapproval If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there. Epithet used during the Reconstruction period (1865-77) to describe a Northerner in the South seeking private gain. The word referred to an unwelcome outsider arriving with nothing more than his belongings packed in a satchel or carpetbag. Many carpetbaggers were involved in corrupt financial schemes, but others helped rebuild the economy in the South and participated in educational and social reform
an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south"
an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south
{i} adventurer, Northerner that traveled to the South to make a profit after the Civil War
By extension, a Northern with no Southern ties who migrates to the South for work
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)

Связанные Термины

carpetbaggers
plural of carpetbagger
carpetbagger

    Расстановка переносов

    car·pet·bag·ger

    Турецкое произношение

    kärpıtbägır

    Произношение

    /ˈkärpətˌbagər/ /ˈkɑːrpətˌbæɡɜr/

    Этимология

    [ -"ba-g&r ] (noun.) 1868. carpetbag +‎ -er
Избранное
Еще...
Очистить