| 释义 |
car·pet·bag·ger
\-ə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: carpetbag (I) + -er
1. : one that travels with a carpetbag or has all of his property with him in a carpetbag:
a. : a promoter of wildcat banks or stocks in the western United States in the 19th century
b. : a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War especially seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments
2. : stranger, outsider, transient; especially : a nonresident who meddles in politics
• car·pet·bag·gery \-(ə)rē, -i\ noun -es |