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squatter definition

squat·ter (skwät′ər)

noun

  1. a person or animal that squats, or crouches
  2. ☆ a person who settles on public or unoccupied land
  3. a person who occupies illegally a vacant house, building, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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