Pioneer
Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land.
In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and developing new areas.
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, an 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
Art
- The Pioneer (Eugene, Oregon), a 1919 sculpture by Alexander Phimister Proctor
- The Pioneer (painting), a 1904 painting by Frederick McCubbin
- The Pioneer (Visalia, California), a sculpture in California by Solon H. Borglum
- The Pioneers (sculpture), a 1928 sculpture in Illinois by Lorado Taft
- Pioneer Monument (disambiguation) for others named "Pioneer Monument" or "Pioneer Memorial"
Film
- Pioneer (film), a 2013 Norwegian film, directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
- The Pioneers (1903 film)
- The Pioneers (1916 film), directed by Franklyn Barrett
- The Pioneers (1926 film), directed by Raymond Longford
- The Pioneers (1941 film), directed by Albert Herman
- The Pioneers (2021 film), 2021 Chinese film
Games
- Pioneer (pinball), a 1976 pinball machine produced by Gottlieb
- Pioneer (video game), 2006 space trading and combat simulator
Albums
- Pioneer (The Band Perry album), 2013
- Pioneer (The Maine album), 2011
- Pioneer (Pioneer album), 2012
- The Pioneers (album), by MC Eiht and Spice 1, 2004
Bands
- Pioneer (band), an American Christian music band
- The Pioneers (band), a Jamaican reggae vocal trio
Songs
- "Pioneer" (song), by Freddie, 2015
- "Pioneer", by The Band Perry, 2013, from Pioneer
- "Pioneers", by For King & Country, 2018 from Burn the Ships
Literature
- Pioneer (magazine), a Soviet/Russian monthly magazine
- Pioneer (newspaper), various English-language newspapers
- The Pioneer (South Australia), a newspaper
- The Pioneer (India), an English-language newspaper published in India
- The Pioneers (novel), by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, a 2019 book by David McCullough
Military
- Pioneer (military), a soldier employed for engineering and construction tasks
- Pioneer Column, an 1890 force of the British South Africa Company
- AAI RQ-2 Pioneer, a U.S. military unmanned aerial vehicle
- RSD-10 Pioneer, a Soviet missile
- Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer, a British tank recovery and transport vehicle
- Scottish Aviation Pioneer, a British military aircraft
Places
Australia
- Pioneer, Queensland
- Pioneer, Tasmania
- Pioneer River, in Queensland
- Shire of Pioneer, a former local government area
United States
Other places
Rail transport
- Pioneer (locomotive), built in 1837
- Pioneer (train), an Amtrak passenger train
- Pioneer MRT station, a transit station in Singapore
Schools
- Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan), U.S.
- Pioneer High School (San Jose, California), U.S.
- Pioneer High School (Whittier, California), U.S.
- Pioneer Junior College, Singapore
- Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Schools, (Garfield County, Oklahoma) U.S.
Ships
- HMS Pioneer, several Royal Navy ships
- USS Pioneer, several U.S. Navy ships
- USC&GS Pioneer, several U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships
- Pioneer (paddle-steamer), an 1863 New Zealand gunboat
- Pioneer (submarine), built for the American Civil War
- Pioneer (schooner), an 1885 ship at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City, U.S.
- Pioneer (sidewheeler 1849), one of the first steamboats in California, U.S.
Sports
- London Greenhouse Pioneers, an English basketball team
- Pioneer Bowl, a football game
- Pioneer Football League, a college conference
- Pioneer League (baseball), a minor league
- Pioneer Race Course, a former San Francisco horse racing course
- Sacred Heart Pioneers, the athletic teams of the Sacred Heart University
Other
- Pioneer program, a series of U.S. lunar, solar, and interplanetary unmanned space missions launched from 1958 through 1978
- Pioneer species, a species that colonizes an otherwise barren environment
- Pioneering (Scouting), creating structures with ropes and wood spars
- Young Pioneers (disambiguation)
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Pioneer
- All pages with titles containing Pioneer
- Pioneer Award (disambiguation)
- Pioneer Club (disambiguation)
- Pioneer Days (disambiguation)
- Pioneer League (disambiguation)
- Pioneer Township (disambiguation)
- Pionier (disambiguation)
- Pioner (disambiguation)
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