Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squatter \Squat"ter\, 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 permission
      and restrictions, before acquiring title.

            In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were
            tolerated to an extent now unknown.   --Macaulay.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) See {Squat snipe}, under {Squat}.

   {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.

Source : WordNet®

squat
     v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
          while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
          themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: {crouch}, {scrunch},
           {scrunch up}, {hunker}, {hunker down}]
     2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The
        building squatted low"
     3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
     [also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]

squat
     n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;
          strengthens the leg muscles [syn: {knee bend}, {squatting}]
     2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: {jack},
         {diddly-squat}, {diddlysquat}, {diddly-shit}, {diddlyshit},
         {diddly}, {diddley}, {shit}]
     3: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
        [syn: {squatting}]
     [also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]

squatter
     n 1: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the
          intent to acquire title to it [syn: {homesteader}, {nester}]
     2: someone who settles on land without right or title

squat
     adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
            musculature; "some people seem born to be square and
            chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";
            "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears";
            "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red
            smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: {chunky},
             {dumpy}, {low-set}, {squatty}, {stumpy}]
     2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
        [syn: {underslung}]
     [also: {squatting}, {squatted}, {squattest}, {squatter}]

squatter
     See {squat}