Pioneer Definition
- road monkey
- bridge monkey
- miner
- road builder
- bridge-builder
- member of demolition squad
- fortification engineer
- sapper
- backwoodsman
- frontiersman
- homesteader
- halutz
- colonizer
- immigrant
- pilgrim
Origin of Pioneer
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French pionnier from Old French peonier foot soldier from peon from Medieval Latin pedō pedōn- from Late Latin one who has broad feet from Latin pēs ped- foot ped- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French pionier (“originally, a foot soldier"), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier") (modern French: pion). See pawn in chess.
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