单词 | Voortrekker |
释义 | ‖ Voortrekker S. Afr.|ˈfʊərtrɛkər| [Du., Afrikaans, f. Du. voor- before + trekken trek v.] One of the original Dutch emigrants into the Transvaal; a pioneer.
1878Aylward Transvaal of To-day i. 3 Mr. Oliphant,..in speaking of the Voortrekkers (advanced pioneers), says [etc.]. 1883Pall Mall G. 26 Nov. 2/1 To prevent a large and respected portion of the English people from ever doing justice to the Transvaal Voortrekkers. 1899Rider Haggard Swallow Introd. §2 Sympathy with the Voortrekkers of 1836 is easy. attrib.1895J. G. Millais Breath fr. Veldt (1899) 61 In those days the ‘voor-trekker’ Dutchmen shot them [the natives] down like rabbits. 1899Fitzpatrick Transvaal 26 The active party among the Boers, i.e. the Voortrekker party, the most anti-British and Republican. |

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