Scalawag
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- knavemonkeyscallywag
- plural
- Scalawags
- possessive
- Scalawag's
- pluralpossessive
- Scalawags'