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The correct spelling is pioneers.
How to pronounce pioneers
noun
Say it like: Pio-nee-rs
The correct spelling is pioneers. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow. For example: "Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform."
Usage Examples
“Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.”
“The young doctor pioneered a new life-saving surgical technique.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
- 2.A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
- 3.A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
- 4.A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
- 5.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.
verb
- 1.To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.
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