pioneer

Meanings

One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming an member of the Party itself.

To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.

From Middle French pionnier, Old French peonier, from peon (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.

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