Pi'o-neer'1, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. PIONEERED; p. pr. & vb. n. PIONEERING.] To go before and prepare a way for.
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Pioneer
Pī'o-neer'2, n.
n. [Fr. pionnier, originally a foot-soldier, O. Fr. peonier, Pr. pezonier, a foot-passenger, from O. Fr. peon, pion, Pr. peon, pezon, Sp. peon, It. pedone, from Lat. pes, pedis, foot.]
- (Mil.) One whose business is to march with or before an army, to repair the road or clear it of obstructions, work at intrenchments, or form mines for destroying an enemy's works. Bacon.
- One who goes before to remove obstructions or prepare the way for another.