Pioneer commonly refers to a person who is among the first at something that is new to a community.
A pioneer as a settler is among the first settling at a place that is new to the settler community. A historic example are American pioneers, persons in American history who migrated westward to settle in what is now the Western and Midwestern United States.
Pioneer, The Pioneer, or pioneering may also refer to:
Companies and organizations
- Pioneer Aerospace Corporation
- Pioneer Chicken, an American fast-food restaurant chain
- Pioneer Club Las Vegas, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
- Pioneer Corporation, a Japanese electronics manufacturer
- Pioneer Energy, a Canadian gas station chain
- Pioneer Entertainment, a Japanese anime company
- Pioneer Hi-Bred, a U.S.-based agriculture company
- Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, Laughlin, Nevada, U.S.
- Pioneer Instrument Company, an American aeronautical instrument manufacturer
- Pioneer movement, a communist youth organization
- Pioneer Natural Resources, a defunct energy company in Texas, U.S.
- Pioneer Pictures, a former American film studio
- Pioneer Surgical Technology, a medical technology company in Michigan, U.S.
- Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, Irish Catholics who avoid alcohol
- Pioneers (missions agency), a Christian missions organization
Entertainment
Visual Arts
- The Pioneer (1904), painting by Frederick McCubbin, Australia
- The Pioneer (Visalia, California) (c. 1915), sculpture by Solon H. Borglum, California
- The Pioneer (Eugene, Oregon) (1919), sculpture by Alexander Phimister Proctor, Oregon
- The Pioneer (Los Angeles) (1925), sculpture by Henry Lion, California
- The Pioneers (sculpture) (1928), sculpture by Lorado Taft, Illinois
- Pioneer Monument (disambiguation) for others named "Pioneer Monument" or "Pioneer Memorial"
Films
Games
Music
Bands
Albums
Songs
Literature
Books
Magazines and newspapers
Military
Places
Australia
United States
- Pioneer, Arizona
- Pioneer, California
- Pioneer, Florida
- Pioneer, Indiana
- Pioneer, Iowa
- Pioneer, Kansas
- Pioneer, Louisiana
- Pioneer, Missouri
- Pioneer, Nevada
- Pioneer, Ohio
- Pioneer, Tennessee
- Pioneer Township, Michigan
Other places
Rail transport
Schools
Ships
- HMS Pioneer, several Royal Navy ships, 1800s
- Pioneer (sidewheeler 1849), one of the first steamboats in California, U.S., 1849
- Pioneer (paddle-steamer), New Zealand gunboat, 1863
- Pioneer (submarine), built for the American Civil War, 1861
- Pioneer (schooner), ship at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City, U.S., 1885
- USS Pioneer, several U.S. Navy ships, 1800s – 1900s
- USC&GS Pioneer, several U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships, 1900s
- MV P&O Pioneer, a British hybrid power seagoing ferry, introduced on the Dover–Calais route, 2023
Sports
Other
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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