Definition of squatter Squatter

/skwɑˈtɚ/ - [skwater] - squat•ter

We found 12 definitions of squatter from 6 different sources.

What does squatter mean?

Noun Plural: squatters
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
squatter - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
		homesteader, nester
		colonist, settler a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

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squatter (Noun)
One who squats, sits down idly.
squatter (Noun)
One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.
squatter (Noun)
2004, James Jupp, The English in Australia, page 62.
squatter (Noun)
While settlement in New South Wales was initially confined, many moved outside the boundaries to become squatters, eventually consolidating their originally illegal hold on the land.
squatter (Noun)
A large-scale grazier and landowner.

squatter (n.)
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.
squatter (n.)
See Squat snipe, under Squat.

squatter
The flutter of sea-birds along the water. Also, one who settles, without a title. The hybrid but expressive Americanism absquatulate, means to clear off; the reverse of to squat.