Copperhead
The English word “Copperhead” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.
- Any member of the Democratic party.
Etymology
After the dangerous copperhead snake, to which propagandists of the Republican Party compared Democrats interested in appeasement.
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