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Webster 1913 Edition
Pioneer
Piˊo-neer′
,Noun.
[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.Piˊo-neer′
,Verb.
T.
& I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pioneered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pioneering
.] 1.
To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pioneer
PIONEE'R
,Noun.
1.
In the art and practice of war, one whose business is to march with or before an army, to repair the road or clear it of obstructions, work at intrenchments, or form mines for destroying an enemy's works.2.
One that goes before to remove obstructions or prepare the way for another.Definition 2024
pioneer
pioneer
English
Noun
pioneer (plural pioneers)
- One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
- A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
- 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
- As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.
- Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
- Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.
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- (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
- A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
- (communism) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.
Derived terms
See also
- Pioneer movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
one who goes before
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soldier
member of a child organization in the soviet bloc
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Verb
pioneer (third-person singular simple present pioneers, present participle pioneering, simple past and past participle pioneered)