'Squatter' definitions:
Definition of 'squatter'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it [syn: squatter, homesteader, nester]
noun
Someone who settles on land without right or title
Definition of 'Squatter'
From: GCIDE
- Squatter \Squat"ter\ (-t[~e]r), 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 legal permission and restrictions, before acquiring title. [1913 Webster]
- In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) See Squat snipe, under Squat. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'squatter'
From: GCIDE
- Squat \Squat\, n.
- 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- Squat snipe (Zool.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squatter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arriviste,
- colonial,
- colonist,
- colonizer,
- emigrant,
- gate-crasher,
- greenhorn,
- hirer,
- homesteader,
- immigrant,
- incumbent,
- intruder,
- leaseholder,
- lessee,
- lodger,
- nester,
- new arrival,
- new boy,
- newcomer,
- novus homo,
- occupant,
- occupier,
- parvenu,
- paying guest,
- pioneer,
- planter,
- precursor,
- recruit,
- renter,
- resident,
- rookie,
- roomer,
- settler,
- sooner,
- stowaway,
- sublessee,
- subtenant,
- tenant,
- tenant at sufferance,
- tenant for life,
- tenderfoot,
- underlessee,
- upstart