squatter

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who squats

   One who squats; one who sits down idly.

2. 2

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

   • 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.
3. 3

   A large-scale grazier and landowner.

   • Down came the squatter, a'riding his thoroughbred, / Down came policemen, one, two and three. /'Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker bag? / You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.'
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   1. 4

      A squat toilet.

      • All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters.
   2. 5

      comparative form of squat

      comparative form of squat: more squat

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