pioneer

  • 91pioneer — pi•o•neer [[t]ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər[/t]] n. 1) a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others 2) one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or… …

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  • 92Pioneer 10 — La sonda americana Pioneer 10 fue lanzada el 2 de marzo de 1972 y fue la primera sonda que atravesó el cinturón de asteroides y que llegó hasta el planeta Júpiter, el objetivo principal de su misión. En Junio del año 1983 se convirtió en el… …

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  • 93Pioneer 11 — La sonda espacial Pioneer 11 fue una de las primeras sondas del programa de exploración espacial de la NASA. Fue lanzada desde Cabo Cañaveral el 5 de abril de 1973. Después de atravesar con éxito el cinturón de asteroides el 19 de abril de 1974,… …

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  • 94pioneer — [16] Pioneer was borrowed from French pionnier, a descendant of Old French paonier. This originally denoted a ‘foot soldier sent on ahead to clear the way’, and was a derivative of paon ‘foot soldier’ (whose Anglo Norman version poun gave English …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 95pioneer —    1. a soldier sent to intervene in a foreign war    Originally, one who clears the way for his own following troops, although in the Second World War the British Pioneer Corps usually handed that privilege to the infantry or Royal Engineers:… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 96pioneer — 1. noun 1) the pioneers of the Wild West Syn: settler, colonist, colonizer, frontiersman, frontierswoman, explorer, trailblazer, bushwhacker 2) an aviation pioneer Syn: developer, innovator, trailblazer …

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  • 97pioneer — 1. noun 1) the pioneers of the Wild West Syn: settler, colonist, colonizer, frontiersman, explorer 2) a pioneer of motoring Syn: developer, innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker, founding father …

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  • 98pioneer — [ˌpaɪəˈnɪə] noun [C] I 1) one of the first people to do something important that is later developed by other people the pioneers of early colour photography[/ex] 2) one of the first people to travel to a new place and start living there,… …

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  • 99pioneer — iniciatorius statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Kurios nors veiklos pradininkas, pirmasis sumanytojas ir vykdytojas. kilmė lot. initiator – pradininkas atitikmenys: angl. initiator; pioneer vok. Initiator, m rus. инициатор …

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  • 100pioneer — [16] Pioneer was borrowed from French pionnier, a descendant of Old French paonier. This originally denoted a ‘foot soldier sent on ahead to clear the way’, and was a derivative of paon ‘foot soldier’ (whose Anglo Norman version poun gave English …

    Word origins