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TREKS
Noun
treks
plural of trek
Verb
treks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trek
Anagrams
• Sterk
Source: Wiktionary
TREK
Trek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trekked; p. pr. & vb. n. Trekking.] [Written also treck.] [D. trekken. See Track, n.] [South Africa]
1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen.
2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to migrate. [Chiefly South Africa]
One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836 to trek out of the Colony. James Bryce.
Trek, n. [Written also treck.] [D. Cf. Track, n.]
Definition: 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 of the Mashonaland. James Bryce.
Great Trek, the great emigration of Boers from Cape Colony which began in 1836, and resulted in the founding of the South African Republic and Orange Free State.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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