squatterdom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

squatter +‎ -dom

Noun[edit]

squatterdom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or sphere of squatters.
    • 1880, Handbook for Australia & New Zealand, S. W. Silver & Co, page 146:
      It rose to be the first of pastoral regions, and continued until after the gold discovery to be the land of squatterdom.