Great Trek — This article is about the migration in southern Africa. For other uses, see Trek (disambiguation). Trekboers in the Karoo … Wikipedia
Great Trek — (1863–1867) Often dated to 1837, the Great Trek was an overland migration over a number of years of Dutch speaking Afrikaners, or Boers as they were then called, away from the British controlled Cape Colony and into the interior of what is now … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Great Trek — Emigration of some 12,000–14,000 Boers (see Afrikaners) from Cape Colony (South Africa) between 1835 and the early 1840s, in rebellion against British policies and in search of fresh pasturelands. The trek, regarded by Afrikaners as the origin of … Universalium
Great Trek — /greɪt ˈtrɛk/ (say grayt trek) noun South African History a mass migration of settlers of Dutch origin from the Cape of Good Hope to the north and east, about 1835–46 …
Great Trek — the northward migration 1835 37 of large numbers of Boers, discontented with British rule in the Cape, to the areas where they eventually founded the Transvaal Republic and Orange Free State … Useful english dictionary
Trek — Trek, n. [Written also {treck}.] [D. Cf. {Track}, n.] The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a migration. [Chiefly South Africa] To the north a trek was projected, and some years later was nearly carried out, for the occupation … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trek — The word trek has entered the English language as one of few words derived from Afrikaans. It means a long, hard journey, and is derived from the Middle Dutch trecken (meaning to pull or haul). Trek may also refer to:* The Great Trek, a migration … Wikipedia
trek — /trɛk / (say trek) noun 1. an overland journey, especially a difficult one, as the Great Trek undertaken by migrating South Africans by ox wagon. 2. a physically challenging journey, undertaken for sport or recreation. 3. a journey of… …
great — greatness, n. /grayt/, adj., greater, greatest, adv., n., pl. greats, (esp. collectively) great, interj. adj. 1. unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city … Universalium
trek — see TRACK * * * The word for a long and difficult journey derives from Afrikaans. It originally applied to the Voortrekkers, the Dutch settlers in South Africa who made long journeys by ox wagon during the Great Trek of the 1830s, when they… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
