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squatter

/ˈskwɒ.tə/ UK
/ˈskwɑ.təɹ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒtə(ɹ)

noun squatters

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 cirr
Australia, historical One who occupied Crown land. 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.
Philippines A poor vagrant; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.
Similar: informal settler
Australia, historical A large-scale grazier and landowner. 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.'
informal A squat toilet. All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters.

adjective

comparative comparative form of squat: more squat 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.

verb squatters · squattering · squattered

To squat

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noun one occupying a place without permission

Español	paracaidista, okupa, ocupante / ocupador ilícito
Português	okupa
Français	squatter
Deutsch	Hausbesetzer, Mietnomade, Landbesetzer
Italiano	abusivo, occupatore abusivo
Ελληνικά	καταληψίας katalipsías
Русский	скво́ттер skvóttɛr

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@misc{squatter_2026,
  title = {squatter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/squatter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}