trailblazer

trailblazer
trailblazer trail‧blaz‧er [ˈtreɪlˌbleɪzə ǁ -ər] noun [countable]
someone who is the first to do something new, such as develop a new method or product:

• His radical management methods gave him the reputation of a trailblazer among American executives.

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trailblazer UK US /ˈtreɪlˌbleɪzər/ noun [ C]
the first person, company, etc. to do something new: »

Britain must become the tax-cutting trailblazers of the European Union.

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She was a trailblazer in bringing nursing into a degree program.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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