trekker
See also: Trekker
English
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Etymology
editNoun
edittrekker (plural trekkers)
- One who treks; a hiker.
- (UK, historical, World War II) A person who spent the night in a rural area, rather than his home, during bombing raids.
Derived terms
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch trecker. Equivalent to trekken + -er. The sense “tractor” is a phono-semantic matching of English tractor. Compare the same in German Trecker.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittrekker m (plural trekkers, diminutive trekkertje n)
- puller
- trigger (on a weapon)
- tractor (agricultural vehicle)
- Synonym: tractor
- wayfarer, a hiker
- migratory bird (sometimes specified as an actually migrating bird)
- Synonym: trekvogel
- (figuratively) lead, driving force (person in charge of a project)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Jersey Dutch: träkker
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
edittrekker
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