[{"word":"carpetbaggers","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He's just a carpetbagger who was surprised to find that Southerns are not like the cast of “The Dukes of Hazzard” or “Deliverance”."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carpetbagger","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carpetbaggers"]}]