Pioneer

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English

Noun

Pioneer (plural Pioneers)

  1. (Singapore) A person born on or before 31 December 1949 and possessing Singapore citizenship on or before 31 December 1986, given this status and certain benefits to recognise their contributions to Singapore's early development.
    • 2014, Zanzibar , soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      Now they are trying hard, working hard, in trying to "give back" […] to the older people classified as "pioneer generations" […]
    • 2017 March 15, Jeffrey Law Lee Beng, “Saving water is everyone’s moral duty”, in Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 40:
      As someone from the Pioneer Generation, I have experienced much hardship […] from the scourge of water-rationing in the 1960s […]

Proper noun

Pioneer

  1. A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
  2. A planning area in the West Region of Singapore.

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