trekker

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English

A group of trekkers walking up a mountain

Etymology

From trek +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

trekker (plural trekkers)

  1. One who treks; a hiker.
  2. (UK, historical, World War II) A person who spent the night in a rural area, rather than his home, during bombing raids.

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

From 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

Noun

trekker m (plural trekkers, diminutive trekkertje n)

  1. puller
  2. trigger (on a weapon)
  3. tractor (agricultural vehicle)
    Synonym: tractor
  4. wayfarer, a hiker
  5. migratory bird (sometimes specified as an actually migrating bird)
    Synonym: trekvogel
  6. (figuratively) lead, driving force (person in charge of a project)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Jersey Dutch: träkker

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

trekker

  1. present tense of trekke