Voortrekkern.
/ˈvʊətrɛkə/, /ˈfʊətrɛkə/, U.S. /ˈvʊ(ə)rˌtrɛkər/, /ˈfʊ(ə)rˌtrɛkər/, South African English /ˈfʊətrekə/ South African.
Any of numerous Dutch-speaking emigrants who moved from the Cape Colony into the interior of southern Africa during the 19th cent. migration known as the ‘Great Trek’.The Trek began in 1836, predominantly a response to British control of the Cape Colony.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > emigrant > of or from specific country
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1877 J. Noble S. Afr. Past & Present 73 The Voor-trekkers... The Great Exodus.
1878 A. Aylward Transvaal of To-day i. 3 Mr. Oliphant,..in speaking of the Voortrekkers (advanced pioneers), says [etc.].
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Nov. 2/1 To prevent a large and respected portion of the English people from ever doing justice to the Transvaal Voortrekkers.
1899 H. R. Haggard Swallow Introd. §2 Sympathy with the Voortrekkers of 1836 is easy.
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1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt iii. 44 In those days the ‘voor-trekker’ Dutchmen shot them [sc. the natives] down like rabbits.
1899 J. P. Fitzpatrick Transvaal 26 The active party among the Boers, i.e. the Voortrekker party, the most anti-British and Republican.
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