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noun/ˈkɑːpɪtbæɡə(r)/
/ˈkɑːrpɪtbæɡər/
- (disapproving) a politician who tries to be elected in an area where they are not known and therefore not welcome
试图在一个不为人所知、因此不受欢迎的地区当选的政客 - a person from the northern states of the US who went to the South after the Civil War in order to make money or get political power
（美国内战后去南方）投机钻营的北方人
Word Originmid 19th cent.: originally applied to people from the northern states of the US who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.