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Plural of squatter

regular plural

The plural of squatter is squatters.

Forms of squatter

Singularsquatter /ˈskwɒ.tə/
Pluralsquatters
Countablecountable

Squatters in a sentence

  • 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.2004, James Jupp, The English in Australia, page 62
  • In Parliament, at least, the squatters were secure. ¶ In the early 1840s a severe depression threatened livelihoods in all the colonies except South Australia and many squatters resorted to slaughtering their sheep and boiling them down for tallow.1993, Manning Clark, Michael Cathcart (abridging editor), Manning Clark′s History of Australia: Abridged by Michael Cathcart, p.218
  • Protesters resisted the eviction of squatters.From the entry eviction
  • It was as if they were living like squatters in their own flat.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry makeover
  • Squatters evicted from mansions on millionaires’ row.2009, The Guardian, 29 January, (headline). From the entry Millionaires' Row

Meaning of squatter

  1. noun One who squats; one who sits down idly.
  2. noun One who occupied Crown land.
  3. noun A poor vagrant; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty.

Full definition of squatter

Questions about the plural of squatter

What is the plural of squatter?
The plural of squatter is squatters.
Is squatter countable?
Squatter is a countable noun.

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