squatter

About 0.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who squats; one who sits down idly.
2. noun One who occupies a building or land without title or permission. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} One who occupied Crown land. A poor vagrant; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.
3. noun One who occupied Crown land.
4. noun A poor vagrant; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.
5. noun A large-scale grazier and landowner.
6. noun A squat toilet.
7. adjective comparative form of squat: more squat
8. verb To squat

Similar words

homesteader nester clearance slum favela hut illegal unlawful indiscriminate insecure

Often followed by

settlements sovereignty settlement areas and camps communities camp in

Word family

squattered squattering squatters