Definition of Pioneer

Verb: pioneer  ,pI-u'neer

  1. Open up an area or prepare a way
    "She pioneered a graduate program for women students";
    - open up
     
  2. Take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
    "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants";
    - initiate
     
  3. Open up and explore a new area
    "pioneer space"
Noun: pioneer  ,pI-u'neer
  1. Someone who helps to open up a new line of research, technology or art
    - innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker
     
  2. One the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
    "they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them"

See also:
pion
pioneered

Anagrams containing the word pioneer

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