1. Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it; SYN. homesteader, nester.
2. Someone who settles on land without right or title.

1. To be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
2. To occupy (a dwelling) illegally.
3. To sit on one's heels; SYN. crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker down.