Definition of "pioneer"

pioneer

/ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/

noun
plural pioneers
1. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
2. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
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  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.
  2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 22, page 30
3. (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
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  [King of] Fess. What thinks your greatnes beſt to be atchieu’dIn purſuit of the Cities ouerthrow?Bai[azeth]. I wil the captiue Pioners of Argier,Cut off the water, that by leaden pipesRuns to the citie from the mountain Carnon, […]
  c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act III, scene i
4. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
5. (communism) A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming an member of the Party itself.
6. (Singapore) Alternative letter-case form of Pioneer (“A Singaporean born on or before 31 December 1949, who is entitled to various healthcare and social support schemes.”)
  Quotations
  Perhaps the pioneer generation, having experienced unity in solidarity, will show the rest of Singapore the way.
  2014 February 12, Theresa Goh, “Let’s reward all our pioneers equally”, in Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, page 20
  A fenceless open-air museum […] that captures the spirit and struggles of Singapore's pioneer generation.
  2017 March 14, Kelly Ng, “New showcase to seek views on Founders’ Memorial”, in Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, page 11
verb
third-person singular simple present pioneers, present participle pioneering, simple past and past participle pioneered
1. (transitive) To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.

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