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Scalawag - What does it mean?

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scalawag

English

Alternative forms

* scallywag, scallawag

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative, archaic) A scrawny cow.
  • (pejorative, archaic) A rascal.
  • (pejorative, US, archaic, or, historical) Any white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction after the American Civil War or who joined with the black freedmen and the carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.

    • Derived terms

    * scally, scallie

    References

    * [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/scalawag] * Encylcopedia Britanica - scalawag

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.