Squatter

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Squat snipe, under Squat.

II. Squatter ·noun 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.

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