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squatter 1. a person who occupies property or land to which he has no legal title 2. (in Australia) a. (formerly) a person who occupied a tract of land, esp pastoral land, as tenant of the Crown b. a farmer of sheep or cattle on a large scale 3. (in New Zealand) a 19th-century settler who took up large acreage on a Crown lease How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I put no manure whatever on this land, not being the owner, but merely a squatter, and not expecting to cultivate so much again, and I did not quite hoe it all once. Judge Temple, the landlord and owner of a township, with Nathaniel Bumppo a lawless squatter, and professed deer-killer, in order to preserve the game of the county My master owns the land, and your father was ordered to drive off these English squatters. |
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