squatter n Migratory Newfoundland fisherman who moves to the coast of Labrador and prosecutes the summer fishery from a shore base or 'room'; STATIONER.
1909 BROWNE 62 'Stationers' (sometimes called 'Squatters'). 1924 ENGLAND 261 Thousands of outport men migrate almost as regularly as the seals themselves. With small. home-built schooners ... they take up the sea trek every summer and go down the Labrador. If they pick some berth and settle down, they're called 'stationers,' 'squatters,' or 'roomers.' If they keep on the move, they're 'floaters.' 1936 SMITH 24 Our crew was the same as the year previous, nine men and two girls, and we took along the same number of crews from Conception Harbour who were bound for Splitting Knife, Labrador. These people were what we called 'squatters.'
