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pioneer(person, inventor, dignitary)
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trailblazer(leader, radical, leftist, pioneer)
11
explorer(founder, inventor, forerunner, colonist)
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inventor(leader, creator, pioneer, dignitary)
10
leader(pioneer, inventor, dignitary, forerunner)
8
groundbreaker
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predecessor
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creator(leader, originator, pioneer, inventor)
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originator
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developer(founder, inventor, forerunner, colonist)
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trendsetter(leader, pioneer, inventor)
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vanguard
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forerunner
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introducer
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guide(inventor, forerunner)
4
pathfinder(founder, inventor, forerunner, colonist)
2
avant-garde
2
colonist(founder, inventor, forerunner)
2
frontiersman
2
pacemaker
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