trekker

trek +‎ -er

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.

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.kər/

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• Hyphenation: trek‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɛkər
• Homophone: tracker

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)

• deeltrekker
• kurkentrekker

• Jersey Dutch: träkker

trekker

1. present tense of trekke