squatter 音标拼音: [skw'ɑtɚ]
n . 蹲着的人
vi . 涉水而过
蹲着的人涉水而过
squatter n 1 :
someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it [
synonym : {
squatter },
{
homesteader }, {
nester }]
2 :
someone who settles on land without right or title Squat \
Squat \,
n .
1 .
The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams ,
or close to the ground .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A sudden or crushing fall . [
Obs .] --
Herbert .
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3 . (
Mining )
(
a )
A small vein of ore .
(
b )
A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar . --
Halliwell .
--
Woodward .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Squat snipe } (
Zool .),
the jacksnipe ; --
called also {
squatter }. [
Local ,
U .
S .]
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Squatter \
Squat "
ter \ (-
t [~
e ]
r ),
n .
1 .
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 legal permission and restrictions ,
before acquiring title .
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In such a tract ,
squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown . --
Macaulay .
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2 . (
Zool .)
See {
Squat snipe },
under {
Squat }.
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{
Squatter sovereignty },
the right claimed by the squatters ,
or actual residents ,
of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws . [
Local ,
U .
S .] --
Bartlett .
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1913 Webster ]
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "
squatter ":
arriviste ,
colonial ,
colonist ,
colonizer ,
emigrant ,
gate -
crasher ,
greenhorn ,
hirer ,
homesteader ,
immigrant ,
incumbent ,
intruder ,
leaseholder ,
lessee ,
lodger ,
nester ,
new arrival ,
new boy ,
newcomer ,
novus homo ,
occupant ,
occupier ,
parvenu ,
paying guest ,
pioneer ,
planter ,
precursor ,
recruit ,
renter ,
resident ,
rookie ,
roomer ,
settler ,
sooner ,
stowaway ,
sublessee ,
subtenant ,
tenant ,
tenant at sufferance ,
tenant for life ,
tenderfoot ,
underlessee ,
upstart
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