Definitions for pioneer
ˌpaɪ əˈnɪərpi·o·neer

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1. pioneer, innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker(noun)

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

2. pioneer(verb)

   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. pioneer, open up(verb)

   open up an area or prepare a way

   "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"

4. initiate, pioneer(verb)

   take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

   "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

5. pioneer(verb)

   open up and explore a new area

   "pioneer space"

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1. Pioneer(v. t. & i.)

   to take part in the early development of; to break ground in; to invent or originate.

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1. pioneer(Noun)

   One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow

   Etymology: From pionier, peonier, from peon (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.

2. pioneer(Noun)

   A person who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress

   Etymology: From pionier, peonier, from peon (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.

3. pioneer(Noun)

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

   Etymology: From pionier, peonier, from peon (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.

4. pioneer(Noun)

   A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.

   Etymology: From pionier, peonier, from peon (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.

5. pioneer(Noun)

   A child of 1016 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.

   Etymology: From pionier, peonier, from peon (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.

6. pioneer(Verb)

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

   Etymology: From pionier, peonier, from peon (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Pioneer(noun)

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

   Etymology: [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF. peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See Pawn in chess.]

2. Pioneer(noun)

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

   Etymology: [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF. peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See Pawn in chess.]

3. Pioneer

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

   Etymology: [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF. peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See Pawn in chess.]

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1. Pioneer

   Pioneer is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,369 at the 2010 census.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Pioneer

   pī-ō-nēr′, n. one of a party of soldiers who clear the road before an army, sink mines, &c.: one who goes before to prepare the way for others.—v.t. to act as pioneer to.—ns. Pī′oner (Shak.), a pioneer; Pī′oning (Spens.), the work of pioneers: military works. [O. Fr. peonier (Fr. pionnier)—pion, a foot-soldier—Low L. pedo, pedonis, a foot-soldier—L. pes, pedis, a foot.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pioneer in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pioneer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pioneer in a Sentence

1. Mark Boyadjis:

   It's certainly weird, certainly odd and certainly unproven. But Pioneer is not off base to connect one sensory organ to others.

2. Bettie Page:

   I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer. I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time. I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important. I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live.

3. Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel:

   It’s less about revenge and more about specific deterrence, i saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people even when there was no connection with the public interest.

4. Larry Glazer:

   State Street is a notable laggard in adviser support, given State Street’s scale and first mover advantage as an ETF pioneer, they have abysmal adviser support. It's almost a laughing matter in the industry.

5. Paul Butler:

   The star is named in honor of the great American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard, who was a pioneer of stellar photography and astrometry, edward Emerson Barnard recognized that this star had the largest known proper motion a century ago.

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