Voortrekker

/ ˈvʊə-; ˈfʊəˌtrɛkə /

noun

1. one of the original Afrikaner settlers of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State who migrated from the Cape Colony in the 1830s
2. a member of the Afrikaner youth movement founded in 1931

Word History and Origins

Origin of Voortrekker¹

C19: from Dutch, from voor- fore- + trekken to trek

Example Sentences

Later in the day I had the pleasure of visiting the farm of that stalwart "voortrekker," Sarel Cellier.

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His father was a voortrekker, and the great Sarel was a far-out cousin.

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Among the dead was the renowned Sarel Cilliers, grandson of the worthy "voortrekker" of the same name.

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