pioneer (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
examples they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them
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Hypernym settler, colonist
Derivationally related form pioneer → pioneer
Hyponym bushman; frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man; frontierswoman
Instance Hyponym Bowie, Jim Bowie, James Bowie; Chapman, John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed
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Hypernym bushman; frontiersman, backwoodsman, mountain man; frontierswoman
Hyponym settler, colonist
Instance Hypernym Bowie, Jim Bowie, James Bowie; Chapman, John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed
Derivationally related form pioneer → pioneer

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