Scalawag — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈeɪlɐwˌæɡ/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈeɪlɐwˌaɡ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈeɪlɐwˌaɡ/

3 syllables Say it as /skˈeɪlɐwˌæɡ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

knave imp rascal rogue monkey scamp varlet rapscallion scallywag

Word Forms

rascally	adjective	lacking principles or scruples; ; - W.M. Thackaray
monkey	verb	play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

coquin

un Sudiste blanc qui a soutenu les politiques de reconstruction après la guerre civile américaine (généralement par intérêt personnel)

🇪🇸Spanish

pícaro

un sureño blanco que apoyó las políticas de reconstrucción después de la Guerra Civil estadounidense (generalmente por interés propio)

🇮🇹Italian

furfante

un sudista bianco che ha sostenuto le politiche di ricostruzione dopo la guerra civile americana (di solito per interesse personale)

🇳🇱Dutch

rakker

een blanke zuiderling die het wederopbouwbeleid na de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog steunde (meestal uit eigenbelang)

🇵🇹Portuguese

escalawag

um sulista branco que apoiou as políticas de reconstrução após a Guerra Civil Americana (geralmente por interesse próprio)

🇷🇺Russian

скалаваг

белый южанин, который поддерживал политику Реконструкции после Гражданской войны в США (обычно ради собственных интересов)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्कैलवाग

एक श्वेत दक्षिणवासी जिसने अमेरिकी गृहयुद्ध के बाद पुनर्निर्माण नीतियों का समर्थन किया (आमतौर पर स्व-हित के लिए)

🇮🇳Tamil

ஸ்காலவாக்

அமெரிக்க உள்நாட்டுப் போருக்குப் பிறகு புனரமைப்புக் கொள்கைகளை ஆதரித்த ஒரு வெள்ளை தெற்கத்தியர் (பொதுவாக சுயநலத்திற்காக)

🇮🇳Telugu

స్కాలావాగ్

అమెరికన్ సివిల్ వార్ (సాధారణంగా స్వప్రయోజనం కోసం) తర్వాత పునర్నిర్మాణ విధానాలకు మద్దతు ఇచ్చిన తెల్లజాతి దక్షిణాది

🇮🇳Marathi

स्कॅलॉग

एक गोरा दक्षिणी ज्याने अमेरिकन गृहयुद्धानंतर पुनर्रचना धोरणांना पाठिंबा दिला (सामान्यतः स्वार्थासाठी)

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્કેલેવગ

એક શ્વેત સધર્નર જેણે અમેરિકન સિવિલ વોર પછી પુનઃનિર્માણ નીતિઓને ટેકો આપ્યો હતો (સામાન્ય રીતે સ્વાર્થ માટે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಕಲ್ವಾಗ್

ಅಮೆರಿಕಾದ ಅಂತರ್ಯುದ್ಧದ ನಂತರ ಪುನರ್ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ನೀತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸಿದ ಬಿಳಿಯ ದಕ್ಷಿಣದವರು (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಸ್ವಹಿತಾಸಕ್ತಿಗಾಗಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്കാലവാഗ്

അമേരിക്കൻ ആഭ്യന്തരയുദ്ധത്തിന് ശേഷം പുനർനിർമ്മാണ നയങ്ങളെ പിന്തുണച്ച ഒരു വെളുത്ത തെക്കൻ സ്വദേശി (സാധാരണയായി സ്വാർത്ഥതാത്പര്യത്തിനായി)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

饭桶

美国内战后支持重建政策的南方白人（通常是为了自身利益）

🇯🇵Japanese

スカラワグ

南北戦争後の復興政策を支持した南部の白人（通常は私利私欲のため）

🇰🇷Korean

스칼라와그

미국 남북전쟁 이후 재건 정책을 지지한 남부 백인(보통 자기 이익을 위해)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đồ vô dụng

một người miền Nam da trắng ủng hộ các chính sách Tái thiết sau Nội chiến Hoa Kỳ (thường vì lợi ích cá nhân)

🇹🇭Thai

สลาแวก

ชาวใต้ผิวขาวที่สนับสนุนนโยบายการฟื้นฟูหลังสงครามกลางเมืองอเมริกา (โดยปกติจะเพื่อผลประโยชน์ของตนเอง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

bajingan

orang kulit putih Selatan yang mendukung kebijakan Rekonstruksi setelah Perang Saudara Amerika (biasanya untuk kepentingan pribadi)

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

اسکالواگ

یک جنوبی سفیدپوست که از سیاست های بازسازی پس از جنگ داخلی آمریکا (معمولاً برای منافع شخصی) حمایت می کرد.

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The primary meaning of 'scalawag' is 'a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)'.

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