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1. (n.) pioneer
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
2. pioneer
one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
3. pioneer
one of a group of foot soldiers detailed to make roads, dig entrenchments, etc., in advance of the main body.
4. pioneer
an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thus starting an ecological cycle of life.
5. (v.i.) pioneer
to act as a pioneer.
6. (v.t.) pioneer
to be the first to open or prepare (a way, settlement, etc.).
7. pioneer
to take part in the beginnings of; initiate.
8. pioneer
to lead the way for (a group); guide.
9. (adj.) pioneer
being the earliest or original.
10. pioneer
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of pioneers.
11. pioneer
being a pioneer.
Etymology: (1515–25; < MF pionier, OF peonier foot soldier. See peon2, -eer)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pioneer, innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
2. (verb) pioneer
one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
"they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"
3. (verb) pioneer, open up
open up an area or prepare a way
"She pioneered a graduate program for women students"
4. (verb) initiate, pioneer
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
"This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
5. (verb) pioneer
open up and explore a new area
"pioneer space"
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1. (noun) pioneer
sb who does sth new or discovers sth in a particular area of knowledge
pioneers in the world of genetic engineering
2. pioneer
sb who travels to a place that nobody has been before
pioneers in space travel
3. (verb) pioneer
to discover and develop a new way of doing sth
the doctor who pioneered the technique
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pioneer
a soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances
2. (noun) pioneer
one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform
3. pioneer
to go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer
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Sense: a person who goes to a new, often uninhabited or uncivilized (part of a) country to live and work there
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 Afrikaans: pionier |
 Arabic: رائِد، مُعَمِّر الأراضي ا |
 Bulgarian: пръв заселник |
 Brazilian: pioneiro |
 Czech: pionýr(ský) |
 German: der/die Pionier(in), Pion |
 Danish: pioner; pioner- |
 Greek: σκαπανέας |
 Spanish: pionero |
 Estonian: asunik |
 Farsi: مهاجر اولیه |
 Finnish: uudisasukas |
 French: pionnier |
 Hebrew: חָלוּץ |
 Hindi: अग्रगामी, पथ-प्रदर्शक |
 Croatian: pionir, kročitelj novih p |
 Hungarian: úttörő |
 Indonesian: pionir |
 Icelandic: landnemi |
 Italian: pioniere |
 Japanese: 開拓者 |
 Korean: 개척자 |
 Lithuanian: pionierius |
 Latvian: pionieris, celmlauzis |
 Malay: peneroka |
 Dutch: pionier |
 Norwegian: pioner, nybygger |
 Polish: pionier |
 Persian: مهاجر اولیه |
 Pashto: منډماتوونكى، لارښوونكى لو |
 Portuguese: pioneiro |
 Romanian: pionier |
 Russian: первопроходец, пионер |
 Slovak: pionier; pioniersky |
 Slovenian: pionir |
 Serbian: pionir |
 Swedish: pionjär |
 Thai: ผู้บุกเบิก |
 Turkish: öncü |
 Taiwanese: 開拓者 |
 Ukrainian: піонер; перший поселенець |
 Urdu: اولين آبادکار |
 Vietnamese: người khai hoang |
 Chinese: 开拓者 |
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