Noun
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).
Source: Webster's dictionaryafter the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south Source: Internet
A full-scale scholarly history analyzes the cartoonː Guy W. Hubbs, Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman (2015). Source: Internet
Kennedy then reconsidered but looked like a carpetbagger. Source: Internet
The DCCC flogged an article she wrote that made a dig at Paris, Texas, insinuating that she was a carpetbagger and unfit to run in Houston. Source: Internet
Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawg, and Freedman. Source: Internet
Even if that happens, it's possible that one of the "locals" will stay in the race and challenge the "carpetbagger." Source: Internet