CARPETBAGGER

noun
20 Scrabble
25 WWF
C 3
A 1
R 1
P 3
E 1
T 1
B 3
A 1
G 2
G 2
E 1
R 1

Definition

(history) An immigrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.

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

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