pioneer
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əˈnɪər noun
1.
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
2.
one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress: pioneers in cancer research.
3.
one of a group of foot soldiers detailed to make roads, dig intrenchments, etc., in advance of the main body.
4.
Ecology. an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thus starting an ecological cycle of life.
5.
( initial capital letter ) Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. space probes that explored the solar system and transmitted scientific information to earth.
6.
( initial capital letter ) (formerly) a member of a Communist organization in the Soviet Union for children ranging in age from 10 to 16. Compare Komsomol, Octobrist.
verb (used without object)
7.
to act as a pioneer.
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verb (used with object)
8.
to be the first to open or prepare (a way, settlement, etc.).
9.
to take part in the beginnings of; initiate: to pioneer an aid program.
10.
to lead the way for (a group); guide.
adjective
11.
being the earliest, original, first of a particular kind, etc.: a pioneer method of adult education.
12.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of pioneers: pioneer justice.
13.
being a pioneer: a pioneer fur trader.
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pioneer (ˌpaɪəˈnɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a colonist, explorer, or settler of a new land, region, etc |
| b. (as modifier): a pioneer wagon | |
| 2. | an innovator or developer of something new |
| 3. | military a member of an infantry group that digs entrenchments, makes roads, etc |
| 4. | ecology the first species of plant or animal to colonize an area of bare ground |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to be a pioneer (in or of) |
| 6. | (tr) to initiate, prepare, or open up: to pioneer a medical programme |
| [C16: from Old French paonier infantryman, from paon | |
| Pioneer1 (ˌpaɪəˈnɪə) | |
| —n | |
| a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, a society devoted to abstention | |
| Pioneer2 (ˌpaɪəˈnɪə) | |
| —n | |
| any of a series of US spacecraft that studied the solar system, esp Pioneer 10, which made the first flyby of Jupiter (1973), and Pioneer 11, which made the first flyby of Saturn (1979) | |
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Word Origin & History
pioneer
1523, "foot soldier who prepares the way for the army," from M.Fr. pionnier, from O.Fr. paonier "foot soldier" (11c.), from peon (see pawn (2)). Fig. sense of "person who goes first or does something first" is from 1605. The verb is first recorded 1780.
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Example sentences
He discovered the chemical composition of the human body, and was a pioneer in the development of nuclear medicine.
The gaming pioneer brings sudoku and other joys to non-gamers.
She is also a pioneer, showing us how robots are likely to be integrated into our jobs and our lives in the coming years.
His brewery didn't make it, but he was a pioneer who proved the model of a tiny start-up microbrewery could work.
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