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Grade 7
(car-pet-bag-ger) 4 syllables

Definition

noun. a person from the North who went to the South after the Civil War to make money.

Example Sentence

The Southerners did not appreciate the carpetbagger interfering with them.

More Example Sentences

Carpetbaggers often faced hostility from locals.

Synonyms

opportunist; outsider

Antonyms

Southern

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