Trekkie

Trekkie (or Trekker) is a term that in recent decades has been used to describe a fan of the Star Trek science fiction franchise.

Origins

The term 'Trekkie' has actually been with us for some time. In the 1934 book The Great Trek by E. A. Walker, about South Africa in 1836-37, the word trekkie was used several times:

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:"The little trek party, the trekkie, was the unit." (Chapter IV: Umsilikazi, Page 106)

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:"There were of course troubles. Even a trekkie could be fissiparous." (Chapter IV: Umsilikazi, Page 111)

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:"...and forthwith the Maatschappij set out trekkie by trekkie for Pietermaritzburg and the coast." (Chapter VI: Blaauwkrans, Blood River And The Zulu Battle, Page 190)

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