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slums
English
Noun
slums
- plural of slum
Verb
slums
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slum
Polish
Etymology
From English slums.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slams/
Noun
slums m inan
- slum (dilapidated neighborhood)
Declension
Further reading
- slums in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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squatter
English
Etymology
From squat +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?skw?t?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?skw??t??/
Noun
squatter (plural squatters)
- 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—!"
- One who occupies a building or land without title or permission. [From 1788.]
- (Australia, historical) One who occupied Crown land. [From 1828.]
- 2004, James Jupp, The English in Australia, p.62:
- 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, p.62:
- (Australia, historical) One who occupied Crown land. [From 1828.]
- (Australia, historical) A large-scale grazier and landowner.
- 1970, George Sampson, The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature, 3rd Edition, p.754:
- Boldrewood was a squatter, a magistrate and a commissioner of goldfields and knew thoroughly the life he described in Robbery Under Arms (1888), the story of the bushranger Captain Starlight—first serialised in The Sydney Mail in 1881—and in his numerous other novels, which included The Squatter?s Dream (1890).
- 1993, Manning Clark, Michael Cathcart (abridging editor), Manning Clark?s History of Australia: Abridged by Michael Cathcart, p.218:
- 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.
- 2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, p.233:
- His dealings with squatter R. R. McBean and superintendents Hare and Nicolson amaze the 16-year-old, who has little experience with the wealthy privileged class.
- 1970, George Sampson, The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature, 3rd Edition, p.754:
- (informal) A squat toilet.
- 2012, Randall L. Erickson, Traveling Business Class, p.54:
- All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters.
- 2012, Randall L. Erickson, Traveling Business Class, p.54:
Usage notes
In Australian historical usage, the distinction between the senses of occupier of Crown land and large scale landowner is often blurred; many of the original illegal landholders became rich and, as a group, politically powerful.
Derived terms
- cybersquatter, websquatter
Related terms
- squat
- squattocracy
Translations
See also
- cocky (small scale farmer)
Anagrams
- quartets
French
Etymology
From English squat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skwa.te/
Verb
squatter
- to squat
- to crash (to make temporary living arrangements)
- to tie up
Conjugation
Derived terms
- squattage
- squattériser
- squatteur
Further reading
- “squatter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- traquets
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