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- [pahy-uh-neer]
- /ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər/
- /ˌpaɪəˈnɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pahy-uh-neer]
- /ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər/
Definitions of pioneer word
- noun pioneer a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others. 1
- noun pioneer one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress: pioneers in cancer research. 1
- noun pioneer one of a group of foot soldiers detailed to make roads, dig intrenchments, etc., in advance of the main body. 1
- noun pioneer Ecology. an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thus starting an ecological cycle of life. 1
- noun pioneer (initial capital letter) Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. space probes that explored the solar system and transmitted scientific information to earth. 1
- noun pioneer (initial capital letter) (formerly) a member of a Communist organization in the Soviet Union for children ranging in age from 10 to 16. Compare Komsomol, Octobrist. 1
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Origin of pioneer
First appearance:
before 1515 One of the 27% oldest English words
1515-25; < Middle French pionier, Old French peonier foot soldier. See peon1, -eer
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Parts of speech for Pioneer
noun
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verb
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pronoun
preposition
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pioneer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pioneer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pioneer
adj pioneer
- abovementioned — mentioned or written above: The role was sung by the abovementioned Mr. Phillips.
- aforementioned — If you refer to the aforementioned person or subject, you mean the person or subject that has already been mentioned.
- colonial — Colonial means relating to countries that are colonies, or to colonialism.
- early american — (of furniture, buildings, utensils, etc.) built or made in the U.S. in the colonial period or somewhat later.
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
noun pioneer
- advance guard — a military unit sent ahead of a main body to find gaps in enemy defences, clear away minor opposition, and prevent unexpected contact
- adventurer — An adventurer is a person who enjoys going to new, unusual, and exciting places.
- advertiser — An advertiser is a person or company that pays for a product, event, or job to be advertised in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
- apostle — The apostles were the followers of Jesus Christ who went from place to place telling people about him and trying to persuade them to become Christians.
verb pioneer
- antecede — to go before, as in time, order, etc; precede
- anteceding — to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede: Shakespeare antecedes Milton.
- bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- colonize — If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
- dig up — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
adjective pioneer
- forerunning — Present participle of forerun.
- outland — Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
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