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Pioneer

nounproper nounattested in dialogue

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.

noun

  1. 1

    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.

    Now they are trying hard, working hard, in trying to "give back" […] to the older people classified as "pioneer generations" […]

    As someone from the Pioneer Generation, I have experienced much hardship […] from the scourge of water-rationing in the 1960s […]

proper noun

  1. 1

    A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.

  2. 2

    A planning area in the West Region of Singapore.

  3. 3

    A locality in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Forms

plural
Pioneers
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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