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innovate(verb, make, start, create, initiate)
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maiden(adjective, start, earliest)
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precede(verb, control, rule, lead, manage)
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prime(adjective, start, head, beginning, original)
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settler(noun, person, traveler, alien, inventor)
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head(verb, adjective, control, rule, lead)
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blaze(establish, instigate)
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develop(verb, invent)
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frontiersman
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herald(noun, verb, lead, guide, head)
5
invent(verb, make, determine, start, see)
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pioneering(adjective, development, breakthrough, innovating)
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spearhead(verb, start, lead, informal, invent)
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squatter(noun, person, settler, inventor, forerunner)
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untried(adjective, initiatory)
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adventurer(noun, watch, guard, spy, traveler)
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ancestor(noun, precursor)
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colonise
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engineer
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forerun(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage)
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