Synonyms for squatter
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skwot-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskwɒt ər |
Définition of squatter
Origin :- "settler who occupies land without legal title," 1788, agent noun from squat (v.); in reference to paupers or homeless people in uninhabited buildings, it is recorded from 1880.
- noun colonist
- The panic excited by the squatter skunk had been another lesson.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- As I said in the court-room the squatter trials are but farces.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- She could not finish the sentence for the squatter had pressed her to him convulsively.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- "It air time fer me to go, Tess," murmured the squatter in her ear.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- The squatter covered the white fingers with tears and kisses.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- Without their men the squatter women also would disappear from the shores.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- They be dum good blokes, to give their money to a squatter, ain't they?
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- His father was waiting for the squatter to take her departure.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- The majesty of death was upon them, this squatter father and mother.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- The squatter just caught the next words, "But I am going to die, too, Tess."
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
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- absquatulate
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- disqualification
- disqualify
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- fair-and-square
- fair and square
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- firing squad
- foursquare
- get square
- look square in the eye
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- squander
- squandered
- squandering
- square
- square dance
- square deal
- square off
- square one
- square shooting
- square with
- squared
- squarely
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- squat
- squatter
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- T-square
- T square
- t-squares
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