carpetbagger carpetbag • carpetbaggery · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · carpetbagger · · Text Latin · · Script 12 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously. Example: "After the civil war the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south." · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074