Definitions for pioneers

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pioneers pi·o·neer

Spelling: [pahy-uh-neer]

IPA: /ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər/

Pioneers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 342 anagrams from letters in pioneers (eeinoprs).

Definitions for pioneers

noun

1. a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
2. one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress:
3. one of a group of foot soldiers detailed to make roads, dig intrenchments, etc., in advance of the main body.
4. Ecology. an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thus starting an ecological cycle of life.
5. (initial capital letter) Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. space probes that explored the solar system and transmitted scientific information to earth.
6. (initial capital letter) (formerly) a member of a Communist organization in the Soviet Union for children ranging in age from 10 to 16. Compare Komsomol, Octobrist.
7. a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.

adjective

1. being the earliest, original, first of a particular kind, etc.:
2. of, relating to, or characteristic of pioneers:
3. being a pioneer:

verb (used with object)

1. to be the first to open or prepare (a way, settlement, etc.).
2. to take part in the beginnings of; initiate:
3. to lead the way for (a group); guide.

verb (used without object)

1. to act as a pioneer.

Origin of pioneers

1515-25; Middle French pionier, Old French peonier foot soldier. See peon¹, -eer

Examples for pioneers

Every talent only pioneers the way for the richer talents which are born from it.

In a TED talk she delivered this year, Patton said that the general was the grandson of early California pioneers.

We worked in the cultural arena instead, with pioneers like Ellen and Will & Grace.

When the pioneers reached Toledo it was called “Frogtown” because the place was a swamp.

The pioneers were well aware of this before they left the Old World.

We are the pioneers, the vanguard, the riskers full of faith and hope.

In many ways, Kansas City is a leaving town, a place for pioneers and rovers with an eye on the distant horizon.

When the pioneers have accomplished their task, the rest can follow.

The American pioneers had only a sickle or a scythe with which to cut their grain.

As pioneers of experiential art, the duo wanted to blur the lines between reality and cartoonish fantasy.