squatter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: squatter	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for squatter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squatter n someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it Synonym(s): squatter, homesteader, nester someone who settles on land without right or title
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squat \Squat\, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --erbert. 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. Woodward. {Squat snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also {squatter}. [Local, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squatter \Squat"ter\, n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title. In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Squat snipe}, under {Squat}. {Squatter sovereignty}, the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.