pioneer
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle French pionier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
pioneer (plural pioneers)
- One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow
- Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
- Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.
- (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
- A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
- (communism) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
Pioneer movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Pioneer movement
[edit] Translations
one who goes before
soldier
member of a child organization in the soviet bloc
[edit] Verb
pioneer (third-person singular simple present pioneers, present participle pioneering, simple past and past participle pioneered)
