trekboer

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noun

A nomadic pastoralist descended from European settlers on the frontiers of the Dutch Cape Colony in Southern Africa.

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nountrekboer (plural trekboers)

plural trekboers · alternative trek Boer · alternative Trekboer

  1. historicalA nomadic pastoralist descended from European settlers on the frontiers of the Dutch Cape Colony in Southern Africa.

    Indigenous protest was tied up with the resistance of enslaved peoples and trekboers.

    2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 82
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APA

trekboer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trekboer

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“trekboer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trekboer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trekboer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trekboer.

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