different between squatter vs stalwart

English

Etymology

From squat +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?skw?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?skw??t??/

Noun

squatter (plural squatters)

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—!"

2. One who occupies a building or land without title or permission. [From 1788.]
   1. (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.

3. (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.

4. (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.

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

1. to squat
2. to crash (to make temporary living arrangements)

3. 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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots stalwart under the influence of Walter Scott, displacing earlier stalworth, wherewith it forms a doublet. From Middle English stal-worth (“physically strong, hardy, robust; brave, courageous”), from Old English st?lwierþe (“able to stand in good stead, serviceable”), probably from staþol (“establishment; foundation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand (up)”)) or st?l (“place; condition, stead”) + -wierþe (“suffix meaning ‘able to, capable of’”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??l.w?t/, /?st?l-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?l.w?t/, /?st?l-/
• Hyphenation: stal?wart

Adjective

stalwart (comparative more stalwart, superlative most stalwart)

1. Firmly or solidly built.
2. Courageous.
3. Determined; staunch.

Synonyms

• (firmly or solidly built): firm, resilient, robust, stout, strong; see also Thesaurus:strapping
• (courageous): bold, brave, courageous, daring, valiant; see also Thesaurus:brave
• (determined): see also Thesaurus:obstinate

Antonyms

• (firmly or solidly built): feeble, flimsy, soft, weak; see also Thesaurus:weak
• (bold): cowardly, gutless (informal), spineless; see also Thesaurus:cowardly

Derived terms

• stalwartly
• stalwartness

Translations

Noun

stalwart (plural stalwarts)

1. One who has a strong build.
2. One who firmly supports a cause.
3. One who is dependable.

Translations

References

Further reading

• stalwart (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Scots

Alternative forms

• staluart, stalward, stalwarde, stalwairt, stallwart, stalouart, stalliard, stalawrt, stalowart, stallowart, stalluart

Etymology

From Middle English stalwarde, stelewurthe, from Old English st?lwierþe (“serviceable, able to stand in good stead”). Akin to English stalworth.

Adjective

stalwart (comparative mair stalwart, superlative maist stalwart)

1. physically strong, powerful, stour; exhibiting great stamina
2. valiant, brave; resolute, stout

Descendants

• ? English: stalwart