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1. (n.)

pioneer
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.

2. pioneer
one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.

3. pioneer
one of a group of foot soldiers detailed to make roads, dig entrenchments, etc., in advance of the mainbody.

4. pioneer
an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thusstarting an ecological cycle of life.

5. (v.i.) pioneer
to act as a pioneer.

6. (v.t.) pioneer
to be the first to open or prepare (a way, settlement, etc.).

7. pioneer
to takepart in the beginnings of; initiate.

8. pioneer
to lead the way for (a group); guide.

9. (adj.) pioneer
being the earliest or original.