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pioneer


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pioneer  \Pi`o*neer"\,  n.  [F.  pionier,  orig.,  a  foot  soldier,  OF 
  peonier,  fr  OF  peon  a  foot  soldier,  F.  pion.  See  {Pawn}  in 
  chess.] 
  1.  (Mil.)  A  soldier  detailed  or  employed  to  form  roads,  dig 
  trenches,  and  make  bridges,  as  an  army  advances. 
 
  2.  One  who  goes  before  as  into  the  wilderness,  preparing  the 
  way  for  others  to  follow  as  pioneers  of  civilization; 
  pioneers  of  reform. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pioneer  \Pi`o*neer"\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pioneered};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Pioneering}.] 
  To  go  before  and  prepare  or  open  a  way  for  to  act  as 
  pioneer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pioneer 
  n  1:  someone  who  helps  to  open  up  a  new  line  of  research  or 
  technology  or  art  [syn:  {innovator}] 
  2:  one  the  first  colonists  or  settler  in  a  new  territory;  "they 
  went  west  as  pioneers  with  only  the  possessions  they  could 
  carry  with  them" 
  v  1:  open  up  an  area  or  prepare  a  way  "She  pioneered  a  graduate 
  program  for  women  students"  [syn:  {open  up}] 
  2:  take  the  lead  or  initiative  in  participate  in  the 
  development  of  "This  South  African  surgeon  pioneered 
  heart  transplants"  [syn:  {initiate}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Pioneer,  CA 
  Zip  code(s):  95666 
  Pioneer,  IA  (city,  FIPS  62985) 
  Location:  42.65348  N,  94.39114  W 
  Population  (1990):  46  (16  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.2  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Pioneer,  LA  (village,  FIPS  60565) 
  Location:  32.73805  N,  91.43590  W 
  Population  (1990):  116  (46  housing  units) 
  Area:  2.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  71266 
  Pioneer,  OH  (village,  FIPS  62834) 
  Location:  41.67803  N,  84.55208  W 
  Population  (1990):  1287  (497  housing  units) 
  Area:  3.8  sq  km  (land),  0.2  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  43554 
  Pioneer,  TN 
  Zip  code(s):  37847 




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