- (v.t.&i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
- (n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
- (n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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