Pioneer commonly refers to a

settler A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a pioneer. Settl ...

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 Pioneer Chicken (or Pioneer Take Out, as it is officially named) is an American fried chicken restaurant chain which was founded in Echo Park, Los Angeles in 1961 by H. R. Kaufman. When Kaufman sold the chain in 1987, there were 270 restaurants o ...

, an American fast-food restaurant chain *

Pioneer Club Las Vegas Pioneer Club Las Vegas was a casino that opened in 1942 and was located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, at 25 East Fremont Street. It ceased operating as a casino in 1995, the same year the Fremont Street Experience was completed. History The Pi ...

, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. *

Pioneer Corporation commonly referred to as Pioneer, is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Tokyo, that specializes in digital entertainment products. The company was founded by Nozomu Matsumoto in January 1, 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair ...

, a Japanese electronics manufacturer *

Pioneer Energy Pioneer Energy LP (formerly Pioneer Petroleums), commonly referred to as Pioneer, is a gas retailer and convenience store operator, with locations in Ontario, Canada. Founded by Murray Hogarth in 1956, it is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario. ...

, a Canadian gas station chain *

Pioneer Entertainment (abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The ...

, a Japanese anime company *

Pioneer Hi-Bred Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. is a U.S.-based producer of seeds for agriculture. They are a major producer of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), including genetically modified crops with insect and herbicide resistance. As of 2019, Pi ...

, a U.S.-based agriculture company * Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, Laughlin, Nevada, U.S. *

Pioneer Instrument Company The Pioneer Instrument Company was an American aircraft component manufacturer. History The Pioneer Instrument Company was started by Morris Maxey Titterington and Brice Herbert Goldsborough in Brooklyn, New York in 1919 using patents from the L ...

, an American aeronautical instrument manufacturer *

Pioneer movement A pioneer movement is an 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 Young Communist League ...

, a communist youth organization *

Pioneer Natural Resources Pioneer Natural Resources Company is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Irving, Texas. It operates in the Cline Shale, which is part of the Spraberry Trend of the Permian Basin, where the company is the large ...

, an energy company in Texas, U.S. *

Pioneer Pictures Pioneer Pictures, Inc. was a Hollywood motion picture company, most noted for its early commitment to making color films. Pioneer was initially affiliated with RKO Pictures, whose production facilities in Culver City, California were used by Pio ...

, a former American film studio * Pioneer Surgical Technology, a medical technology company in Michigan, U.S. *

Pioneer Total Abstinence Association The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association of the Sacred Heart (PTAA) is an international organisation for Roman Catholic teetotalers that is based in Ireland. Its members are commonly called Pioneers. While the PTAA does not advocate prohibition, ...

, 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) :''This is about the sculpture in Visalia, California. For the same-named sculptures elsewhere, see Pioneer (disambiguation).'' ''The Pioneer'' in Visalia, California was a sculpture by Solon H. Borglum that was first displayed at the Panama–P ...

, a sculpture in California by Solon H. Borglum * ''The Pioneers'' (sculpture), a 1928 sculpture in Illinois by Lorado Taft *

Pioneer Monument (disambiguation) Pioneer Monument or Pioneer Memorial may refer to: ;in Canada * Pioneer Monument Obelisk (Montreal), Quebec ;in the United States * Pioneer Monument (San Francisco), California * Pioneer Memorial (Denver, Colorado) or Pioneer Monument (Denver, ...

for others named "Pioneer Monument" or "Pioneer Memorial"

Film

*Pioneer (film), ''Pioneer'' (film), a 2013 Norwegian film, directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg *The Pioneers (1903 film), ''The Pioneers'' (1903 film) *The Pioneers (1916 film), ''The Pioneers'' (1916 film), directed by Franklyn Barrett *The Pioneers (1926 film), ''The Pioneers'' (1926 film), directed by Raymond Longford *The Pioneers (1941 film), ''The Pioneers'' (1941 film), directed by Albert Herman *The Pioneer (2021 film), ''The Pioneers'' (2021 film), 2021 Chinese film

Games

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

Music

Albums

*Pioneer (The Band Perry album), ''Pioneer'' (The Band Perry album), 2013 *Pioneer (The Maine album), ''Pioneer'' (The Maine album), 2011 *Pioneer (Pioneer album), ''Pioneer'' (Pioneer album), 2012 *The Pioneers (album), ''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), "Pioneer" (song), by Freddie, 2015 *"Pioneer", by The Band Perry, 2013, from ''Pioneer (The Band Perry album), Pioneer''

Literature

*Pioneer (magazine), ''Pioneer'' (magazine), a Soviet/Russian monthly magazine *Pioneer (newspaper), ''Pioneer'' (newspaper), various English-language newspapers **The Pioneer (South Australia), ''The Pioneer'' (South Australia), a newspaper **The Pioneer (India), ''The Pioneer'' (India), an English-language newspaper published in India *The Pioneers (novel), ''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

*Pioneer, Arizona *Pioneer, California *Pioneer, Florida *Pioneer, Indiana *Pioneer, Iowa *Pioneer, Kansas *Pioneer, Louisiana *Pioneer, Michigan *Pioneer, Missouri *Pioneer, Nevada *Pioneer, Ohio *Pioneer, Tennessee

Other places

*Pioneer, Alberta *Pioneer, Singapore

Rail transport

*Pioneer (locomotive), ''Pioneer'' (locomotive), built in 1837 *Pioneer (train), ''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, HMS ''Pioneer'', several Royal Navy ships *USS Pioneer, USS ''Pioneer'', several U.S. Navy ships *USC&GS Pioneer, USC&GS ''Pioneer'', several U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships *Pioneer (paddle-steamer), ''Pioneer'' (paddle-steamer), an 1863 New Zealand gunboat *Pioneer (submarine), ''Pioneer'' (submarine), built for the American Civil War *Pioneer (schooner), ''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)