noun
definition
One who treks; thus, a hiker.
definition
(World War II) A person who spent the night in a rural area, rather than his home, during bombing raids.
Examples of trekkers in a Sentence
They were driven out by Boer trekkers in 1837.
The British government thought otherwise; they held that the trekkers could not divest themselves of their allegiance to the Crown.
Other trekkers followed in the wake of Retief, and attacking Dingaan avenged the massacre.
It is a strenuous trek, suitable for fit trekkers with previous trekking experience.
The reasons which Dutch caused the exodus from the Cape are discussed else- voor- where (see South Africa and Cape Colony), here it i s trekkers.
For avid hikers and cross-country trekkers, these sturdy and lined straps are a must!
Hikers, trekkers and water lovers flock to this affordable sports watch that offers wearers dual time zone displays, alarms, one touch backlighting and 50 meters of water resistance.
When Star Trek, the Next Generation first began production, Original Series Trekkers were ambivalent.
Many original series Trekkers were dismayed, and vowed to have nothing to do with the new series.
Trekkers, campers and bikers will enjoy the forest, swimmers will love dipping in the lakes, and skiers will adore the pristine slopes in the winter.
These, then, were the direct causes of the voluntary expatriation of the majority of the first trekkers, who included some of the best families in the colony, but they fail to explain the profound hostility to Great Britain which thereafter animated many, but not all, of the emigrants, nor do they account for the easy abandonment of their homes by numbers of the trekkers.
Summing up, it may be said that the exasperation caused by just grievances unremedied was no stronger a motive with the trekkers than the desire to be free from the restraints imposed on British subjects and the wish to be able to deal with the natives after their own fashion.
The trekkers had been told by the lieutenant-governor of the eastern province (Sir Andries Stockenstrom) that he was not aware of any law which prevented any British subject from settling in another country, and in the words of Piet Retief's declaration they quitted the colony "under the full assurance that the English government has nothing more to require of us, and will allow us to govern ourselves without its interference in future."
The Great Trek, as it is called, lasted from 1836 to 1840, the trekkers, who numbered about 7000, founding communities with a republican form of government beyond the Orange and Vaal rivers, and in Natal, where they had been preceded, however, by British emigrants.
Khumjung would make an interesting alternative stopping place to Namche Bazar if trekkers wished to avoid the hustle and bustle of the bazaar.