trailblaze

English

Etymology

Back-formation from trailblazer.

Verb

trailblaze (third-person singular simple present trailblazes, present participle trailblazing, simple past and past participle trailblazed)

1. To create (blaze) a new trail that others can then follow
   • 2015, Leonard Sweet, From Tablet to Table: Where Community Is Found and Identity Is Formed‎^[1]:

     These boundaries both tribalize our identity and allow us to trailblaze new paths through life.

Synonyms

• blaze a trail

Derived terms

• trailblazing

Translations

Translations

• German: den Weg bereiten, Bahn brechen, die Bahn brechen, Weg bereiten, Richtung weisen, die Richtung weisen
• Maori: parahuarahi
• Spanish: asenderear (es)

References

• “trailblaze”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.