Noun
(usually in the plural) A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s.
The Voortrekkers left the Cape Colony because of dissatisfaction with English rule.
A member of the Afrikaans scouting movement.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgBattle of Blood River main Andries Pretorius filled the Voortrekker leadership vacuum, hoping to punish Dingane, retrieve stolen livestock and reclaim the land Dingane had granted to Retief. Source: Internet
Culture The Pionier Museum in Pretoria is housed in an early Voortrekker house and is a 'living museum' displaying the daily lives and practices of a typical Voortrekker family. Source: Internet
Page 401. Battle of Italeni main After the massacre of Piet Retief and his men by Dingane on 6 February 1838, a number of Voortrekker camps were also attacked by the Zulu impis. Source: Internet
Early Voortrekker accounts describe how the lands surrounding the mountain retreat of the Basotho had been burnt and destroyed, in effect leaving a vacuum that subsequent Voortrekkers began to occupy. Source: Internet
During the subsequent fighting against the Zulu, Uys, his son, the Malan brothers, and five of the volunteers were killed: 64-65 (for ten Voortrekker dead during the battle). Source: Internet
It was recorded that the 33 Voortrekker families at the Battle of Vegkop lost 100 horses, between 4,000 and 7,000 cattle, and between 40,000 and 50,000 sheep. Source: Internet