Voortrekker

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Voortrekker [ˈfʊəˌtrɛkə ˈvʊə-]

n (in South Africa)

1. (Historical Terms) 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

[from Dutch, from voor- fore- + trekken to trek]

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