Since the forcible relocation of Amerindian populations to reservations in the American west during the 1830s, most descendants of the Mahican are located in Shawano County, Wisconsin, where decades later they eventually formed the federally recognized Stockbridge-Munsee Community with registered members of the Leni Lenape people and have a ...
Definition of squat. squat. noun. a residence where a person lives unlawfully: without paying and without obtaining permission. See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of). Last edited on Mar 03 2013.
The adjective sense of short, thick dates from 1630. Squatter settler who occupies land without legal title first recorded 1788; in ref. to paupers or homeless people in uninhabited buildings, it is recorded from 1880. As for Jim, he squatted on the doorstep outside, with time at last to think. He squatted back in his chair, pulling at his long moustache. The women, taking the places of honor, squatted round me in concentric rows, while the men peered over their shoulders.