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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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Dit het die dag gedenk waarop die Voortrekkers 'n gelofle aan God gemaak het dat hulle altyd daardie dag sou gedenk tot God se eer as hy hulle bystaan en laat seevier teen die Zulu's.
Die problematiek van onthou: die proses van herinnering in Antjie ... by Groenewald, Ilse / Journal of Literary Studies
He told parliament a story of two Afrikaner voortrekkers who harness their oxen in the dark only to discover in the morning that they had also harnessed a lion.
South Africa picks union stalwart as new president by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
So verduidelik Mrs Kok vir haar wie is wie in die portret van Bloedrivier (93): "Mrs Kok se dis die Slag van Bloedrivier en die wit mense aan die een kant is Voortrekkers.
Children's identity, race and sexuality in Ons is nie almal so and ... by Barnard, Lianne / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
 
 
 
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