trekker

== English == === Etymology === From trek +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === === Noun === trekker (plural trekkers) One who treks; a hiker. (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 === IPA(key): /ˈtrɛ.kər/ Hyphenation: trek‧ker Rhymes: -ɛkər Homophone: tracker === Noun === trekker m (plural trekkers, diminutive trekkertje n) (in general) puller, (someone or something that pulls) (firearms) trigger tractor (agricultural vehicle) Synonym: tractor wayfarer, a hiker migratory bird (sometimes specified as an actually migrating bird) Synonym: trekvogel squeegee Synonym: (Belgium) aftrekker Hyponyms: vloertrekker, (Netherlands) vloerwisser, raamtrekker, raamwisser (figuratively) lead, driving force (person in charge of a project) ==== Derived terms ==== deeltrekker kurkentrekker ==== Descendants ==== Jersey Dutch: träkker → English: trigger, tricker→ Dutch: trigger→ German: Trigger → Romanian: trigger == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === trekker present tense of trekke