squatter
不法占拠者
解説 Definition
squatter は squat（無断で住みつく）に由来する名詞で、不法占拠者という意味です。所有者の許可なく建物や土地に住む人を指し、法律や住宅問題の文脈でよく使われます。
A squatter is a person who occupies or lives in a building or on land without the owner's permission or a legal right to be there. The term commonly appears in discussions of property law, abandoned buildings, and housing problems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 squat「無断で住みつく」に、人を表す -er を付けた語です。短母音の後の語末子音 t を重ねて squatter となります。empty apartment や abandoned building に許可なく居座る人を思い浮かべ、法的な住宅問題で使う語として覚えます。
Connect squatter directly with the verb squat, which can mean to occupy a place without permission. The agent suffix -er turns the action into the person who performs it, and the final t is doubled after the short vowel: squat becomes squatter. Picture an empty apartment or abandoned building where someone has settled without the owner's consent. This legal and housing context separates a squatter from an ordinary tenant, who normally has permission or a rental agreement.
例文
A squatter was found in the empty apartment.
空きアパートで不法占拠者が見つかりました。
The owner called a lawyer after discovering a squatter on the property.
所有地に不法占拠者がいることを知り、所有者は弁護士に連絡しました。
Local officials offered shelter to each squatter before clearing the building.
地元当局は建物を明け渡させる前に、それぞれの不法占拠者に避難先を提供しました。
squatter の類義語・関連語
squatter の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語 squat（しゃがむ）に行為者接尾辞 -er がついた語。squat は古フランス語 esquatir（押しつぶす）からラテン語 coactare（圧縮する）に遡る。関連語：squat（しゃがむ）、crouch（かがむ）。権限なく土地に「居座る」人を指し、しゃがみ込んで動かない姿が不法占拠者の語源的イメージ。
Squatter is formed from squat plus the agent suffix -er, with the final t doubled. Squat originally referred to crouching low and later developed the sense of settling on land or occupying property without authorization. Squat entered English through Old French esquatir, meaning “to flatten or crush,” which is ultimately connected with Latin coactare, “to compress.” The noun therefore came to denote someone who settles and remains on property without legal permission.
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