squatter

Noun

 * 1) One who squats, sits down idly.
 * 2) One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.
 * 3)  One who occupied Crown land.
 * 4)  A poor vagrant; an illegal informal settler; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.
 * 5)  A large-scale grazier and landowner.
 * 6) * 1970, George Sampson, The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature, 3rd Edition, |%22squatters%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=sLaS9XMuMR&sig=H846EWEnB2kKOerdiEa6meMqBMU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gPxiUKMW5o2IB43mgdAE&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squatter%22|%22squatters%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false p.754:
 * Boldrewood was a squatter, a magistrate and a commissioner of goldfields and knew thoroughly the life he described in Robbery Under Arms (1888), the story of the bushranger Captain Starlight—first serialised in The Sydney Mail in 1881—and in his numerous other novels, which included The Squatter′s Dream (1890).
 * 1) * 1993,, Michael Cathcart (abridging editor), Manning Clark′s History of Australia: Abridged by Michael Cathcart, |%22squatters%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=UMEK0vWSK2&sig=rkT-LPD5ABIUkpTsktYFUBDZMkM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p9NiUNnwA-2ziQeD3ICoCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squatter%22|%22squatters%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false p.218:
 * In Parliament, at least, the squatters were secure. &para; In the early 1840s a severe depression threatened livelihoods in all the colonies except South Australia and many squatters resorted to slaughtering their sheep and boiling them down for tallow.
 * 1)  A squat toilet.
 * 1) * 1993,, Michael Cathcart (abridging editor), Manning Clark′s History of Australia: Abridged by Michael Cathcart, |%22squatters%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=UMEK0vWSK2&sig=rkT-LPD5ABIUkpTsktYFUBDZMkM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p9NiUNnwA-2ziQeD3ICoCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22squatter%22|%22squatters%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false p.218:
 * In Parliament, at least, the squatters were secure. &para; In the early 1840s a severe depression threatened livelihoods in all the colonies except South Australia and many squatters resorted to slaughtering their sheep and boiling them down for tallow.
 * 1)  A squat toilet.
 * 1)  A squat toilet.

Usage notes

 * In Australian historical usage, the distinction between the senses of occupier of Crown land and large scale landowner is often blurred; many of the original illegal landholders became rich and, as a group, politically powerful. Additionally, in Philippine usage, its media and journalists refer to an "informal settler" instead.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: незаконно заселил се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:, kraakster,
 * French:
 * Galician: okupa
 * German:,  ,  Landbesetzer
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, occupatore abusivo
 * Latin: agripeta
 * Maori: kainoho kōkuhu
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: okupa
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: husockupant,
 * Turkish: toprak-konducu

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to squat
 * 2) to crash to make temporary living arrangements
 * 3) to tie up
 * 1) to tie up