1. Someone who lives in an unoccupied building or occupies land without permission
   "The abandoned warehouse had been taken over by squatters"
    
2. Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
   "The squatters built a cabin and began farming their newly claimed land";
   - homesteader, nester

1. Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
   "a little church with a squat tower";
   - chunky, dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy
    
2. Having a low centre of gravity; built low to the ground
   "The squat bulldog had short, powerful legs";
   - underslung

Derived forms: squatters

See also: little, low, short

Type of: colonist, interloper, intruder, settler, trespasser

Encyclopedia: Squatter