squatternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈskwɒt.ər/us/ˈskwɑː.t̬ɚ/a person who lives in an empty building without permission
Australian English someone in the past who took land that did not officially belong to them in order to use it for farming
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
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- bum
- city slicker
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- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- occupier
- outflow
- overspill
- resident
- roomer
- settler
- villager
- welcome wagon
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