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PIONEER

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 632 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIONEER  , properly a

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foot-soldier (Med .
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Lat. pedo, pedonis, through O . Fr. peonnier, pionnier, cf . "
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pawn ") who with
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spade,
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axe and other implements, precedes an
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army or smaller military
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body, and clears or makes a road, digs intrenchments, prepares a camping ground, &c . The word is thus applied to all who, actually or figuratively, are first in exploring or working an undiscovered or undeveloped
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country or
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field of inquiry .

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