- 1. n. An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). Source: opted
- 2. n. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously Source: wordnet
- 3. n:100 n. an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously Source: ecdict
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