C.S.A. sympathizer in the North

• Any Northerner who supported the South in the Civil War

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The term doughface originally referred to an actual mask made of dough , but came to be used in a disparaging context for someone, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable and moldable. In the 1847 Webster's dictionary doughfacism was defined ...

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n. (context pejorative English) a person, especially a politician, who is pliable, moldable like dough.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Doughface \Dough"face`\, n. A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
contemptuous nickname in U.S. politics for Northern Democrats who worked in the interest of the South before the Civil War; it was taken to mean "man who allows himself to be moulded." The source is an 1820 speech by John Randolph of Roanoke, in the wake ...