🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

无权占有者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wú quán zhàn yǒu zhě

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Squatter/ˈskwɒt.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这栋空置的房屋里住着几个无权占有者。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who unlawfully occupies an uninhabited building or unused land.

    "The police served an eviction notice to the squatters living in the abandoned warehouse."
  2. 2

    Someone who settles on public land without legal title.

    "Early pioneers in the region often started as squatters before officially purchasing their homesteads."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English verb 'squat', which originated in the late 14th century meaning 'to sit in a crouching position' (from Old French 'esquatter'). By the 18th century in North America, the term evolved to describe settling on land without a title or right, and subsequently expanded globally to refer to unauthorized occupants of abandoned or unoccupied buildings (propiedad ocupada).

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