Squatter

n.	1.	One who squats; In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. - Macaulay.
	2.	(Zool.) 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. - Bartlett.

Noun	1.	squatter - someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it Synonyms: homesteader, nester
	2.	squatter - someone who settles on land without right or title

SQUATTER. One who settles on the lands of others without any legal authority; this term is applied particularly to persons who settle on the public land. 3 Mart. N. S. 293.

arriviste, colonial, colonist, colonizer, emigrant, gate-crasher, greenhorn, hirer, homesteader, immigrant, incumbent, intruder, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, nester, new arrival, new boy, newcomer, novus homo, occupant, occupier, parvenu, paying guest, pioneer, planter, precursor, recruit, renter, resident, rookie, roomer, settler, sooner, stowaway, sublessee, subtenant, tenant, tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, tenderfoot, underlessee, upstart