pioneer

[Pi`o*neerĀ·]

A pioneer is one of the first settlers in a new place. If you desperately want to experience life in space, maybe you will be one of the pioneers who live in the first moon settlement.

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A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

Noun
one the first colonists or settler in a new territory; "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"

Noun
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

Verb
open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space"

Verb
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

Verb
open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"

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n.
A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

n.
One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

v. t. & i.
To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.


Pioneer

Pi`o*neer" , n. [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF. peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See Pawn in chess.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances. 2. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

Pioneer

Pi`o*neer", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pioneered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pioneering.] To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

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Usage Examples

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

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Other Usage Examples

But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer.

I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen.

Honest pioneer work in the field of science has always been, and will continue to be, life's pilot. On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation.

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