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trekboer

trekboer noun: a nomadic pastoralist descended from European settlers on the frontiers of the Dutch Cape Colony in Southern Africa.

Noun

trekboer (plural trekboers)

  1. (historical) A nomadic pastoralist descended from European settlers on the frontiers of the Dutch Cape Colony in Southern Africa.
    • Indigenous protest was tied up with the resistance of enslaved peoples and trekboers.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 82

Forms of trekboer

pluraltrekboers
alternative formtrek Boer
alternative formTrekboer

Questions about trekboer

What does trekboer mean?
Trekboer means a nomadic pastoralist descended from European settlers on the frontiers of the Dutch Cape Colony in Southern Africa.
What part of speech is trekboer?
Trekboer is a noun.
What is the plural of trekboer?
The plural of trekboer is trekboers.

Words near trekboer in the dictionary

  1. Treisman
  2. Trejo
  3. Trejos
  4. Trejoses
  5. trek
  6. trekboer
  7. trekboers
  8. Trekcon
  9. Trekcons
  10. Trekdom
  11. Trekfan

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