squatter meaning

Noun: squatter skwótu(r)

Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
- homesteader, nester
Someone who settles on land without right or title

Adjective: squat (squatter,squattest) skwót

Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
"a little church with a squat tower"
- chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy
Having a low centre of gravity; built low to the ground
- underslung

Derived forms: squatters

See also: little, low, short, squat, squatness

Type of: colonist, interloper, intruder, settler, trespasser

Encyclopedia: Squat

[Law]
n. A person unlawfully occupying land. See ADVERSE OCCUPATION; ADVERSE POSSESSION; TRESPASS.

[Medicine]
Mobile,short-term residents who move usually to find work.

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there were more than a thousand camps of squatters in britain.
the peasant family is cramped tightly into a small makeshift shack in a favela, or squatter slum.
squatter control is maintained by regular patrols and hut-to-hut checks
coalition fighting for rehousing of urban squatters in urban areas
surveyed occupancy status squatter control