Sekirov Dictionary

pioneer

UK /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/US /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪɹ/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 3

noun5

One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
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A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
- Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
- Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.
A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming a member of the Party itself.
A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.

verb1

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To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.
- The young doctor pioneered a new life-saving surgical technique.

forms

pioneered · pioneering · pioneers

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