squatter
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Noun
squatter (plural squatters)
- One who squats, sits down idly.
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- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
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- One who occupies a building or land without title or permission. [From 1788.]
- (Australia, historical) One who occupied Crown land. [From 1828.]
- 2004, James Jupp, The English in Australia, p.62:
- While settlement in New South Wales was initially confined, many moved outside the boundaries to become squatters, eventually consolidating their originally illegal hold on the land.
- 2004, James Jupp, The English in Australia, p.62:
- (Australia, historical) One who occupied Crown land. [From 1828.]
- (Australia, historical) A large-scale grazier and landowner.
- 1970, George Sampson, The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature, 3rd Edition, p.754:
- Boldrewood was a squatter, a magistrate and a commissioner of goldfields and knew thoroughly the life he described in Robbery Under Arms (1888), the story of the bushranger Captain Starlight—first serialised in The Sydney Mail in 1881—and in his numerous other novels, which included The Squatter′s Dream (1890).
- 1993, Manning Clark, Michael Cathcart (abridging editor), Manning Clark′s History of Australia: Abridged by Michael Cathcart, p.218:
- In Parliament, at least, the squatters were secure. ¶ In the early 1840s a severe depression threatened livelihoods in all the colonies except South Australia and many squatters resorted to slaughtering their sheep and boiling them down for tallow.
- 2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, p.233:
- His dealings with squatter R. R. McBean and superintendents Hare and Nicolson amaze the 16-year-old, who has little experience with the wealthy privileged class.
- 1970, George Sampson, The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature, 3rd Edition, p.754:
- (informal) A squat toilet.
- 2012, Randall L. Erickson, Traveling Business Class, p.54:
- All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters.
- 2012, Randall L. Erickson, Traveling Business Class, p.54:
Usage notes
In Australian historical usage, the distinction between the senses of occupier of Crown land and large scale landowner is often blurred; many of the original illegal landholders became rich and, as a group, politically powerful.
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Translations
one occupying a place without permission
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See also
- cocky (small scale farmer)
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
squatter
- to squat
- to crash (to make temporary living arrangements)
- On va squatter chez toi ou chez moi ?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to tie up
Conjugation
Conjugation of squatter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | squatter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | squattant /skwa.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | squatté /skwa.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | squatte /skwat/ |
squattes /skwat/ |
squatte /skwat/ |
squattons /skwa.tɔ̃/ |
squattez /skwa.te/ |
squattent /skwat/ |
imperfect | squattais /skwa.tɛ/ |
squattais /skwa.tɛ/ |
squattait /skwa.tɛ/ |
squattions /skwa.tjɔ̃/ |
squattiez /skwa.tje/ |
squattaient /skwa.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | squattai /skwa.te/ |
squattas /skwa.ta/ |
squatta /skwa.ta/ |
squattâmes /skwa.tam/ |
squattâtes /skwa.tat/ |
squattèrent /skwa.tɛʁ/ | |
future | squatterai /skwa.tʁe/ |
squatteras /skwa.tʁa/ |
squattera /skwa.tʁa/ |
squatterons /skwa.tʁɔ̃/ |
squatterez /skwa.tʁe/ |
squatteront /skwa.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | squatterais /skwa.tʁɛ/ |
squatterais /skwa.tʁɛ/ |
squatterait /skwa.tʁɛ/ |
squatterions /skwa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
squatteriez /skwa.tə.ʁje/ |
squatteraient /skwa.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | squatte /skwat/ |
squattes /skwat/ |
squatte /skwat/ |
squattions /skwa.tjɔ̃/ |
squattiez /skwa.tje/ |
squattent /skwat/ |
imperfect2 | squattasse /skwa.tas/ |
squattasses /skwa.tas/ |
squattât /skwa.ta/ |
squattassions /skwa.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
squattassiez /skwa.ta.sje/ |
squattassent /skwa.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | squatte /skwat/ |
— | squattons /skwa.tɔ̃/ |
squattez /skwa.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “squatter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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