carpetbagger 的詞源

也 carpet-bagger，1868年，美式英语，对南方在南方邦联州沦陷后定居的北方白人的蔑称，他们寻求私利或政治晋升。这个名字基于那些带着所有世俗财物到达的男子的形象，装在一个 carpetbag 中。后来这个意义被扩展到任何来自外地的机会主义者（例如西部的野猫银行家或领地官员）。

[A]n opprobrious term applied properly to a class of adventurers who took advantage of the disorganized condition of political affairs in the earlier years of reconstruction to gain control of the public offices and to use their influence over the negro voters for their own selfish ends. The term was often extended to include any unpopular person of Northern origin living in the South. [Century Dictionary]

一个适当地应用于一类冒险家的可耻术语，他们利用重建初期政治事务的混乱状态来控制公共职务，并利用他们对黑人选民的影响为自己的私利。这个术语常常被扩展到包括任何居住在南方的北方人中不受欢迎的人。[世纪词典]