pioneer
pioneer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
- 2.To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer. PIONEERS' DAY Pi`o*neers'" Day. In Utah, a legal holiday, July 24, commemorated the arrival, in 1847, of Brigham Young and his followers at the present site of Salt Lake City.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- advance
- advanced
- adviser
- ahead
- antecedent
- anterior
- anteriority
- apostle
- avant-courier
- beak
- bear
- before
- bellwether
- bend
- bow
- brow
- chalk
- clergy
- coach
- coin
- come
- confront
- countenance
- crammer
- dame
- dawn
- director
- disc
- disciplinarian
- disk
- divine
- dominie
- don
- dry
- duenna
- est
- example
- exordium
- expositor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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