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Voortrekker

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Voortrekker /ˈfʊəˌtrɛkə/

▶noun S. African

1 historical a member of a group of Dutch-speaking people who migrated from the Cape Colony in the 1830s.

2 a member of an Afrikaner youth movement similar to the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.

– origin Afrik., from Du. voor ‘fore’ + trekken ‘to travel’.

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