Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who squats; one who sits down idly.

  2. One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.

    (Australia, historical)One who occupied Crown land.

    Hausbesetzer, Mietnomade, Landbesetzer

    скво́ттерskvóttɛr

    someone who settles on land without right or title

  3. (Philippines)A poor vagrant; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.

  4. (Australia, historical)A large-scale grazier and landowner.

  5. (informal)A squat toilet.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Are you squatters?

  2. We're not squatters.

  3. A squatter lived in the abandoned house.

  4. There are some squatters living in that dilapidated house.

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  5. A number of squatters were living in the condemned building.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one occupying a place without permission:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one occupying a place without permission:

Origin

From squat + -er.

From squat + -er.

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Forms

plural: squatters
Singularsquatter
Pluralsquatters

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it:homesteadernester

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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