trekkern.
a. In South African contexts: one who ‘treks’.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun]
migrator1767
Jimmy1845
trekker1851
rusher1856
overlander1857
migrant1864
migrationist1887
trekkie1888
in-migrant1942
society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun]
pilgrimlOE
travellera1387
farandman14..
passengera1450
walkerc1450
voyager1477
viator?1504
journeyer1566
viadant1632
wayman1638
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migrant1760
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starter1817
itinerarian1822
trekker1851
farer1881
passager1917
1851 R. Gray Jrnl. 27 Only a few of the latest trekkers have a friendly feeling towards the English government.
1891 Times 13 May 5/3 The committee of trekkers are having a copy taken..of the original documentary treaty.
1905 Times 4 Sept. 6/1 A score of trekkers [of the British Association] started in the morning in mule wagons for Kimberley.
1973 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 9 Dec. Many Coloureds..trekked to..the Cape Flats, but unlike other trekkers before them there was no promised land.
b. A person travelling a long distance, esp. on foot; spec. a rambler or hiker. Cf. pony trekker n. at pony n.1 and adj. Compounds 2a.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely
far traveller1624
far-goer1841
far-farer1861
globetrotter1873
trekker1932
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > one going on foot > for exercise or recreation > rambler or hiker
rambler1888
hiker1913
Wandervogel1928
trekker1932
tramper1960
1932 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Jan. 2/5 The main body of the small army marching from Pennsylvania..is not expected until late tonight... The trekkers..found no difficulty in obtaining admission to the gallery.
1939 R. Godden Black Narcissus iv. 39 It isn't even on the route that the trekkers take.
1968 Punch 14 Aug. 234/2 The Association has ‘on call’ about seventy ponies—for sixty trekkers, six experienced guides, and a few spares.
1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 May 595/2 It will just about go into the side pocket of your rucksack, and no intelligent trekker should go off to Gurung country without one.
1984 Times 18 Feb. 14/1 In their hearts trekkers are all pilgrims.
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Chiefly with capital initial. A (devoted or enthusiastic) fan of the U.S. science fiction television series Star Trek and subsequent associated series, films, etc.Sometimes used in preference to trekkie to denote a more serious or committed fan. Cf. trekkie n. 2.
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1967 Philadelphia Inquirer 5 Apr. 17/3 From ‘Trenton Trekkers’: ‘Thanks for your interview with William Shatner. As avid fans of “Star Trek”, we hope you will write about our favorite, Leonard Nimoy, the magnificent Mr. Spock.’
1982 Starlog Sept. 2/1 A terrific gift for your favorite Trekker!
2003 Time Out N.Y. 15 May 173/2 Trekkies (pardon, Trekkers), consider Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan the best in the series.
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