Etymology

Voortrekker

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Today it means: A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s. Full definition →

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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromvoor“advance”
  2. English todayVoortrekker

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.