Thesaurus: pioneer

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1. n. A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
2. n. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
3. v. t. & i. To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
4. n. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
5. n. one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
6. v. open up an area or prepare a way
7. v. take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
8. v. open up and explore a new area
9. 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. To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer. PIONEERS' DAY Pi`o*neers'" Day. In Utah, a legal holiday, July 24, commemorated the arrival, in 1847, of Brigham Young and his followers at the present site of Salt Lake City.
10. A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, andmake bridges, as an army advances.
11. v:24/n:76 n. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art n. one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory v. open up an area or prepare a way v. open up and explore a new area