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why that Name in particular did they not know its provenance in English :-) it was what a proslavery northerner was called aka Traitors.
by walshemj 9y ago
why that Name in particular did they not know its provenance in English :-) it was what a proslavery northerner was called aka Traitors.
- wccrawford 9y agoThis is a copperhead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_contortrix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agkistrodon_contortrix
- graton 9y agoThat is not the provenance (origin) of copperhead, it is another meaning of the word though. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copperhead https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copperhead The first known use of the word "copperhead" was in 1775, well before the US civil war.
- Scriptor 9y agoNo one uses that definition anymore.
- cabaalis 9y agoBeing from the south I've occassionally heard and used the term "carpetbagger" which doesn't have slavery connotations that I know of but is from the same era. I've never heard the term copperhead used with that meaning, maybe only people from the north know it?