SQUATTER, SQUATTING
NOUNS
► NESTING squatting, homesteading → 1918 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BIJWONER an authorized squatter on another man’s farm → 1886 S. Afr. (Bk.)
► COYOTE a squatter → 1872 Amer. dial.
► HARRY POTTER a squatter → 2004 Brit. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► MAILER a squatter on waste ground (with the consent of the owner) who holds himself ready to be hired by the day → 1910 Sc. (Bk.)
► NESTER a squatter, homesteader, farmer, or small rancher, esp. one who settles on established rangeland → 1880 Amer. dial., chiefly West, usually derogatory
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