English Dictionary

squatter

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈskwɒtə/

名詞

オーストラリア英語 歴史的 フィリピン英語 くだけた表現

One who squats, sits down idly. / (Australia, historical) One who occupied Crown land. / (Philippines) A poor vagrant; An illegal informal settler; hobo; beggar; One suffering from extreme poverty.

日本語の意味

何もせずにただ座っている人 / （オーストラリア・歴史的な用法で）王冠領を不法に占有した者 / （フィリピンにおいて）極度の貧困状態にある、不法に住居を確保した者、ホームレスや浮浪者

A squatter at the bus stop sat quietly watching people pass by.

バス停に座り込んでいる人が、静かに通り過ぎる人々を眺めていた。

意味（1）

One who squats, sits down idly.

“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—!"

意味（2）

(Australia, historical) One who occupied Crown land.

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.

意味（3）

(Philippines) A poor vagrant; An illegal informal settler; hobo; beggar; One suffering from extreme poverty.

意味（4）

(Australia, historical) A large-scale grazier and landowner.

Down came the squatter, a'riding his thoroughbred, Down came policemen, one, two and three. 'Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker bag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.'

意味（5）

(informal) A squat toilet.

All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters.

squatters （ plural ）