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pi⋅o⋅neer
[pahy-uh-neer] 
–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. |
–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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| pi·o·neer (pī'ə-nîr') n.
v. tr.
To act as a pioneer: pioneered in development of the laser. [French pionnier, from Old French peonier, foot soldier, from peon, from Medieval Latin pedō, pedōn-, from Late Latin, one who has broad feet, from Latin pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.] |
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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.
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Language Translation for : pioneer
Spanish:
pionero,
German:
der, *die Pionier(in), Pionier-…,
Japanese:
開拓者
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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