Pioneer commonly refers to a person who is among the first at something that is new to a community. A pioneer as a

settler A settler or a colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities. The entity that a settler establishes is a Human settlement, settlement. A settler is called a pioneer if they are among ...

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 , is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Tokyo, that specializes in digital entertainment products. The company was founded by Nozomu Matsumoto on January 1, 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and Loudspeaker, speaker repair shop. Its current pr ...

, a Japanese electronics manufacturer * Pioneer Energy, a Canadian gas station chain * Pioneer Entertainment, a Japanese anime company * Pioneer Fund, racist foundation, 1937 * 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 pioneer movement is an youth organization, organization for children operated by a communist party. Typically children enter into the organization in elementary school and continue until adolescence. The adolescents then typically join the Yo ...

, a communist youth organization *

Pioneer Natural Resources Pioneer Natural Resources Company, headquartered in Irving, Texas, was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It operated in the Cline Shale, which is part of the Spraberry Trend of the Permian Basin, where the company was the larges ...

, 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

* ''The Pioneers'' (1903 film), an American silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. * ''The Pioneers'' (1916 film), an Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett * ''The Pioneers'' (1926 film), an Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford * ''The Pioneers'' (1941 film), an American film directed by Albert Herman * ''The Pioneers'' (1980 film), a Taiwanese film starring Hsu Feng * ''Pioneer'' (film), a 2013 Norwegian film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg * ''The Pioneers'' (2021 film), a Chinese film directed by Xu Zhangxiong

Games

* Pioneer (pinball), a 1976 pinball machine produced by Gottlieb * ''Pioneer'' (video game), a 2006 space trading and combat simulator

Music

Bands

* Pioneer (band), an American Christian music band * The Pioneers (band), a Jamaican reggae vocal trio

Albums

* ''The Pioneers'' (album) by MC Eiht and Spice 1, 2004 * ''Pioneer'' (The Maine album), 2011 * ''Pioneer'' (Pioneer album), self titled album, 2012 * ''Pioneer'' (The Band Perry album), 2013

Songs

* "The Pioneers" (song) by Bloc Party, 2005 *"Pioneer" by The Band Perry, from ''Pioneer'', 2013 * "Pioneer" (song) by Freddie, 2015 *"Pioneers", by For King & Country from '' Burn the Ships'', 2018

Literature

Books

* ''The Pioneers'' (novel), 1823 novel by James Fenimore Cooper *''The Pioneers'', 1872 novel by R. M. Ballantyne *''The Pioneer'', 1905 novel by Geraldine Bonner *''The Pioneer'', 1912 novel by Harold Edward Bindloss *''The Pioneers'', 1954 novel by Jack Schaefer *''Pioneers'', 1986 novel by Phillip Mann *''The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West'', 2019 non-fiction book by

David McCullough David Gaub McCullough (; July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United S ...

Magazines and newspapers

* ''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 * Pioneer (Estonian magazine)

Military

Pioneer (military) A pioneer () is a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. The term is in principle similar to sapper or combat engineer. Pioneers were originally part of the artillery branch of European armies. Subsequently, they formed p ...

, 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

* 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 ** Pioneer, Michigan

Other places

* Pioneer, Alberta * Pioneer, Singapore

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, 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

* London Greenhouse Pioneers, an English basketball team * Pioneer Bowl (disambiguation), American college football games *

Pioneer Football League The Pioneer Football League (PFL) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the United States. The conference participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I Fo ...

, a college conference *

Pioneer League (baseball) The Pioneer Baseball League (also known as simply the Pioneer League) is a professional baseball league based in the Western United States. It operates as one of four Major League Baseball (MLB) Partner Leagues in the American independent bas ...

, 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 The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully attempted to send spacecraft to orbit the Moon, successfully sent one spacecraft to fly by the ...

, of U.S. unmanned space missions 1958–1978 * Pioneer species, colonizing new environment * Pioneering (Scouting) *

Young Pioneers (disambiguation) Young Pioneers may refer to: Media * Young Pioneers (novel), ''Young Pioneers'' (novel), a short novel by Rose Wilder Lane ** Young Pioneers (film), ''Young Pioneers'' (film), a 1976 American made-for-television Western film ** ''Young Pioneers' Ch ...