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squatter |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Squat \Squat\, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --erbert. 3. (Mining) a A small vein of ore. b A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. Woodward. {Squat snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also {squatter}. [Local, U.S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Squatter \Squat"ter\, n. 1. 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. In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay. 2. (Zo["o]l.) See {Squat snipe}, under {Squat}. {Squatter sovereignty}, the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: squatter n 1: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to to it [syn: {homesteader}, {nester}] 2: someone who settles on land without right or title
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