Pioneer
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pioneer¹
- /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪɹ/ US
- /ˌpaɪ.əˈniɹ/ Canada
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Italic *pets
Latin pēs
Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.
Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?
Latin -ō
Late Latin pedōnem
Old French peon
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Old French peonier
Middle French pionnierder.
English pioneer
From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn (in chess).
noun pioneers
- One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
- A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress. Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
- A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper. [King of] Fess. What thinks your greatnes beſt to be atchieu’d In purſuit of the Cities ouerthrow? Bai[azeth]. I wil the captiue Pioners of Argier, Cut off the water, that by leaden pipes Runs to the citie from the mountain Carnon, […]
- A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
- A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming a member of the Party itself.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pioneer (“A Singaporean born on or before 31 December 1949, who is entitled to various healthcare and social support schemes.”).Pioneer Perhaps the pioneer generation, having experienced unity in solidarity, will show the rest of Singapore the way.
verb pioneers · pioneering · pioneered
- To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow. The young doctor pioneered a new life-saving surgical technique.
Pioneer²
noun Pioneers
- A person born on or before 31 December 1949 and possessing Singapore citizenship on or before 31 December 1986, given this status and certain benefits to recognise their contributions to Singapore's early development. Now they are trying hard, working hard, in trying to "give back" […] to the older people classified as "pioneer generations" […]
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
- A planning area in the West Region of Singapore.
- A locality in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
