Squatter

(noun.) someone who settles on land without right or title.

(noun.) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it.

约翰娜编辑

• Here and there old trees had been felled the autumn before; or a squatter's roughly-built and decaying cottage had disappeared. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Virginia squatters) added, we select the black members of a litter for raising, as they alone have a good chance of living. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Among all these squatters and folks of the road the reddleman continually found himself; yet he was not of them. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

校对:奥斯瓦德