1. pioneer - Noun
2. pioneer - Verb
4. Pioneer - Proper noun
A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThis South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants Source: Internet
She pioneered a graduate program for women students Source: Internet
they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them Source: Internet
pioneer space Source: Internet
2JJ was also a pioneer in terms of its coverage of local music. Source: Internet
About the same distance northwest would take us across the river to Canada East and into the heart of Wright’s Town, named for the pioneer settler of Hull Township, Philemon Wright (just as canal builder Lt.-Col. Source: Internet