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Meaning of pioneer

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pioneer
      n 1: someone who helps to open up a new line of research or
           technology or art [syn: {pioneer}, {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"
      v 1: open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate
           program for women students" [syn: {pioneer}, {open up}]
      2: take the lead or initiative in; participate in the
         development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart
         transplants" [syn: {initiate}, {pioneer}]
      3: open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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