squatter
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squat
(skwŏt)v. squat·ted, squat·ting, squats
v.intr.
1. To sit in a crouching position with knees bent and the buttocks on or near the heels.
2. To crouch down, as an animal does.
3. To settle on unoccupied land without legal claim.
4. To occupy a given piece of public land in order to acquire title to it.
v.tr.
1. To put (oneself) into a crouching posture.
2. To occupy as a squatter.
3. Sports To lift (an amount of weight) when doing a squat.
adj. squat·ter, squat·test
1. Short and thick; low and broad.
2. Crouched in a squatting position.
n.
1. The act of squatting.
2. A squatting or crouching posture.
3. Sports A lift or a weightlifting exercise in which one squats and stands while holding a weighted barbell supported by the back of the shoulders.
4. Chiefly British The place occupied by a squatter.
5. The lair of an animal such as a hare.
6. Slang A small or worthless amount; diddly-squat.
[Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, to crush : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + quatir, to press flat (from Vulgar Latin *coāctīre, from Latin coāctus, past participle of cōgere, to compress : co-, co- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots).]
squat′ter n.
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squatter
(ˈskwɒtə)n
1. (Law) a person who occupies property or land to which he or she has no legal title
2. (Law) (in Australia)
a. (formerly) a person who occupied a tract of land, esp pastoral land, as tenant of the Crown
b. a farmer of sheep or cattle on a large scale
3. (Law) (in New Zealand) a 19th-century settler who took up large acreage on a Crown lease
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squat•ter
(ˈskwɒt ər)n.
1. a person or thing that squats.
2. a person who occupies property without permission, lease, or payment of rent.
3. a person who settles on land under government regulation, in order to acquire title.
[1775–85]
squat′ter•dom, n.
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Noun | 1. | squatter - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it |
2. | squatter - someone who settles on land without right or title interloper, intruder, trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission |
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squatter
n (on land) → Squatter(in) m(f), → illegaler Siedler, illegale Siedlerin; (in house) → Hausbesetzer(in) m(f)
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