A (from Old French ''peon'' "foot soldier") is one who has travelled from his or her homeland by choice to live in a "new" land or colony, in particular referring to the American Old West . See Settler .
Modern usage of the term is to do something 'new', to pioneer something as in, to invent something, or take something in a fresh direction.
may also refer to:
- Assault Pioneer , especially in the British Army, a trained infantry soldier capable of simple combat engineering tasks that would facilitate the passage of the main body of troops, even when under fire
- ''Pioneer'' (submarine) , built in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1862
- The Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer , a British tank recovery and transport vehicle
- The Pioneer Program , a series of unmanned NASA planetary exploration probes launched between 1958 and 1978
- Pioneer 10 , launched in 1972, flying past Jupiter in 1973; contact lost in 2000; now enroute to Aldeberan in Taurus
- Pioneer 11 , launched in 1973, flying past Jupiter in 1974 and Saturn in 1979; contact lost in 1994
- Pioneer, a Jew who was active in the development of the land of Israel in the period from 1881 to 1947
- '''', a painting by Frederick McCubbin
- ''The Pioneer'' (daily) a newspaper published from several North Indian cities; one of India's oldest newspapers
- Geneon , Japanese anime and home entertainment production and distribution company, formerly known as Pioneer Entertainment, or Pioneer LDC
- Pioneer Network , a group of charismatic Christian churches, mainly in Great Britain
- Pioneer Plant , a plant adapted to the extreme environment of an otherwise barren location
- The Pioneers, Class of 2003 of Indian Institute Of Information Technology, Allahabad
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