English Dictionary: pioneer | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Panary \Pan"a*ry\, a. [L. panis bread.] Of or pertaining to bread or to breadmaking. | |
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Panary \Pan"a*ry\, n. A storehouse for bread. --Halliwell. | |
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Panier \Pan"ier\, n. See {Pannier}, 3. [Obs.] | |
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Pannary \Pan"na*ry\, a. See {Panary}. --Loudon. | |
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Pannier \Pan"nier\, n. [F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread basket, fr. panis bread. Cf. {Pantry}.] 1. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass --Hudibras. 2. (Mil. Antiq.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles. 3. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London. 4. A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle. | |
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Pawner \Pawn"er\, Pawnor \Pawn*or"\, n. (Law) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt. | |
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Pawner \Pawn"er\, Pawnor \Pawn*or"\, n. (Law) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt. | |
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Penary \Pe"na*ry\, a. Penal. [Obs.] --Gauden. | |
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Penner \Pen"ner\, n. 1. One who pens; a writer. --Sir T. North. 2. A case for holding pens. [Obs.] | |
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Penury \Pen"u*ry\, n. [L. penuria; cf. Gr. [?] hunger, [?] poverty, need, [?] one who works for his daily bread, a poor man, [?] to work for one's daily bread, to be poor: cf. F. p[82]nurie.] 1. Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution. [bd]A penury of military forces.[b8] --Bacon. They were exposed to hardship and penury. --Sprat. It arises in neither from penury of thought. --Landor. 2. Penuriousness; miserliness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Phanar \Phan"ar\, n. [Turk. fanar, fr. NGr. [?] lighthouse, Gr. [?] lantern; -- from a lighthouse on a point projecting into the Golden Horn.] A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class. | |
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Pinery \Pin"er*y\, n.; pl. {Pineries}. 1. A pine forest; a grove of pines. 2. A hothouse in which pineapples are grown. | |
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Pinner \Pin"ner\, n. 1. One who, or that which, pins or fastens, as with pins. 2. (Costume) (a) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets. (b) An apron with a bib; a pinafore. (c) A cloth band for a gown. [Obs.] With kerchief starched, and pinners clean. --Gay. 3. A pin maker. | |
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Pinner \Pin"ner\, n. [See {Pin} to pound.] One who pins or impounds cattle. See {Pin}, v. t. [Obs.] | |
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Pioneer \Pi`o*neer"\, n. [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF. peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See {Pawn} in chess.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances. 2. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform. | |
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Pioneer \Pi`o*neer"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pioneered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pioneering}.] To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer. | |
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Pioner \Pi`o*ner"\, n. A pioneer. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Puny \Pu"ny\, a. [Compar. {Punier}; superl. {Puniest}.] [F. pu[8c]t[82] younger, later born, OF. puisn[82]; puis afterwards (L. post; see {Post-}) + n[82] born, L. natus. See {Natal}, and cf. {Puisne}.] Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty. A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. --Shak. Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed. --Keble. | |
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Punner \Pun"ner\, n. A punster. --Beau. & Fl. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Panora, IA (city, FIPS 61320) Location: 41.69104 N, 94.36494 W Population (1990): 1100 (485 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50216 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pinero, VA Zip code(s): 23061 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pioneer, CA Zip code(s): 95666 Pioneer, IA (city, FIPS 62985) Location: 42.65348 N, 94.39114 W Population (1990): 46 (16 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Pioneer, LA (village, FIPS 60565) Location: 32.73805 N, 91.43590 W Population (1990): 116 (46 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71266 Pioneer, OH (village, FIPS 62834) Location: 41.67803 N, 84.55208 W Population (1990): 1287 (497 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43554 Pioneer, TN Zip code(s): 37847 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pomaria, SC (town, FIPS 57850) Location: 34.26639 N, 81.41976 W Population (1990): 267 (110 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29126 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pomeroy, IA (city, FIPS 64065) Location: 42.55350 N, 94.67853 W Population (1990): 762 (365 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50575 Pomeroy, OH (village, FIPS 64024) Location: 39.02762 N, 82.03323 W Population (1990): 2259 (1069 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45769 Pomeroy, WA (city, FIPS 55120) Location: 46.47396 N, 117.59555 W Population (1990): 1393 (696 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99347 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Poynor, MO Zip code(s): 63935 Poynor, TX (town, FIPS 59192) Location: 32.07601 N, 95.59495 W Population (1990): 237 (118 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |