pioneer

  1. Noun.  One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
  3. Noun.  A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol..
  4. Noun.  (context, 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.
  5. Verb.  To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

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