TRAILBLAZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trailblazer mean? 

• TRAILBLAZER (noun)
  The noun TRAILBLAZER has 2 senses:

1. someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees

2. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

  Familiarity information: TRAILBLAZER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAILBLAZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("trailblazer" is a kind of...):

guide; pathfinder; scout (someone who can find paths through unexplored territory)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

groundbreaker; innovator; pioneer; trailblazer

Hypernyms ("trailblazer" is a kind of...):

conceiver; mastermind; originator (someone who creates new things)