Squatter

//ˈskwɑ.təɹ// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of squat: more squat comparative, form-of

    "Nearer at hand, to the left of a huge block (a telephone exchange) and over the top of another, lower, survivor of the blitz, rises the pinnacled tower of St. Alban's Church, and just to the left a glimpse can be obtained of the top of the squatter tower of St. Mary's Aldermanbury."

Noun
  1. 1
    One who squats; one who sits down idly.

    "“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!""

  2. 2
    someone who settles on land without right or title wordnet
  3. 3
    One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.; One who occupied Crown land. Australia, historical

    "While settlement in New South Wales was initially confined, many moved outside the boundaries to become squatters, eventually consolidating their originally illegal hold on the land."

  4. 4
    someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it wordnet
  5. 5
    One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.; A poor vagrant; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty. Philippines
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  1. 6
    A large-scale grazier and landowner. Australia, historical

    "Down came the squatter, a'riding his thoroughbred, / Down came policemen, one, two and three. /'Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker bag? / You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.'"

  2. 7
    A squat toilet. informal

    "All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From squat + -er.

Etymology 2

From squat + -er.

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