Voortrekker

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Voortrekker

/ˈfɔɹ.tɹɛk.əɹ/

Where it comes from

Dutch voor (“advance”) + trekken (“to travel”).

noun Voortrekkers

plural normally A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s. The Voortrekkers left the Cape Colony because of dissatisfaction with English rule.
A member of the Afrikaans scouting movement.

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@misc{voortrekker_2026,
  title = {Voortrekker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/voortrekker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}