| homesteader(noun, person, settler, inventor, forerunner) |
| inaugural(adjective, head, beginning, original, prime) |
| lead the way(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, control) |
| open(verb, start, leave, establish, create) |
| originator(noun, pronoun, sign, original, author) |
| precedent(noun, precursor) |
| take the lead(verb, expression, idiom, invent) |
| vagabond(noun, person, traveler, vagrant, wanderer) |
| earliest(adjective, start, beginning, opening, original) |
| actuate |
| antecede(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage) |
| antedate(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage) |
| bellwether |
| blaze the trail(verb, expression, idiom) |
| break the ice(verb, expression, idiom, make, open) |
| colonial(adjective, pioneering) |
| commence(verb, open, start, leave, establish) |
| contributor(noun, person, make, search, first) |
| discoverer(noun, person, search, first) |
| forebear(noun, precursor) |