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Carpetbagger
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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).
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Carpetbagger'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/carpetbagger.html. 1828.