\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.