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pioneer
- 1) noun, a) a colonist, explorer, or settler of a new land, region, etc b) (as modifier)
- 2) noun, an innovator or developer of something new
- 3) noun, military a member of an infantry group that digs entrenchments, makes roads, etc
- 4) noun, ecology the first species of plant or animal to colonize an area of bare ground
- 5) verb, to be a pioneer (in or of)
- 6) verb, to initiate, prepare, or open up
Etymology
C16: from Old French paonier infantryman, from paon pawn2; see also peon1
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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founder, leader, developer, trailblazer, settler, explore, colonist, colonize, frontiersman, develop, create, launch, establish, start, prepare, discover, institute, invent, open up, initiate, originate, instigate, map out