n. (美)南北战争后只带一个旅行袋去南方投机谋利的北方人, 非本地区的政客

[ noun ]
an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously
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after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south

Carpetbagger \Car"pet*bag`ger\, 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). [U. S.]