Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.

    Pionier, Wegbereiter

    первопрохо́децpervoproxódec, первооткрыва́тельpervootkryvátelʹ, пионе́рpionér

    першопрохо́децьperšoproxódecʹ, першовідкрива́чperšovidkryváč, піоне́рpionér

  2. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.

    Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.

    Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.

  3. A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.

    Pionier

    пионе́рpionér

  4. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.

  5. A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming a member of the Party itself.

    Pionier

    пионе́рpionér, пионе́ркаpionérka

    піоне́рpionér, піоне́ркаpionérka

More definitions
  • one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
  • someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

Examples

39 sentences
  1. I feel like a pioneer.

    Я почуваюся першопроходцем.

    ruЯ чувствую себя первопроходцем.

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  2. I don't feel like a pioneer.

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  3. He is what we call a pioneer.

    deEr ist das, was wir einen Pionier nennen.

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  4. Tom is a pioneer in this field.

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  5. The pioneers shot game to feed themselves.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
one who goes before:
member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who goes before:
member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who goes before:

Origin

From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon

From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn (in chess).

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Forms

plural: pioneers
Singularpioneer
Pluralpioneers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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