Pioneer | |
1. n. (Singapore) A person born on/before 31 Dec 1949 and possessing Singapore citizenship on/before 31 Dec 1986, given this status and certain benefits to recognise their contributions to Singapore's early | |
2. n. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow. | |
3. n. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress. | |
Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization. | |
Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform. | |
4. n. (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper. | |
5. n. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol. | |
6. n. (Communism) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party. | |
7. v. To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer. | |