squatter sovereignty

noun U.S. History.

(used contemptuously by its opponents) popular sovereignty (def. 2).

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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squatter sovereignty

—n
	a derogatory term for popular sovereignty

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