3
dean
3
thought leader
2
avant-garde(noun, inventor)
2
colonist(noun, founder, inventor, forerunner)
2
experientialist(resistance, opponent, recreant, insurgent, guerrilla)
2
frontiersman
2
harbinger
2
pacemaker
2
point
2
rebel(noun, person, resistance, recreant, insurgent)
2
renewer
2
renovator
2
scout(noun, inventor, forerunner)
1
agent
1
agitator(insurgent, protester, rioter, objector, separatist)
1
alterant
1
alterative
1
alterer
1
anarchist(resistance, rebel, recreant, insurgent, protester)
1
ancestor
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