| carpetbag | (n) traveling bag made of carpet; widely used in 19th century |
| carpetbag | (adj) following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers, Example: carpetbag adventurers; a carpetbag government |
| carpetbag | (adj) presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality, Syn. carpetbagging, Example: a carpetbag stranger; a capetbag politician |
| carpetbagger | (n) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously, Example: after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south |