CARPETBAGGER


Meaning of CARPETBAGGER in English

■ noun informal, derogatory

1》 a politician who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections (originally a northerner who went to the South after the American Civil War).

2》 Brit. a person who becomes a member of a mutually owned building society or insurance company in order to gain financially in the event of the organization demutualizing.

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