Copperhead
See also: copperhead
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After the dangerous copperhead snake, to which propagandists of the Republican Party compared Democrats interested in appeasement.
Noun[edit]
Copperhead (plural Copperheads)
- (US, historical, slang) A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.
- (US, historical, pejorative) Any member of the Democratic party. [chiefly 1860s]