trailblazer

English

Etymology

trail +‎ blazer

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪlˌbleɪ.zə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪlˌbleɪ.zɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæɪlˌblæɪ.zə/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

trailblazer (plural trailblazers)

1. One who blazes a trail to guide others; a pathfinder.
2. (figuratively) An innovative leader in a field; a pioneer.
   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎^[1]:

     Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.

Related terms

• blaze
• blaze a trail
• blazer
• blazing
• trail
• trailblaze
• trailblazing

 

Translations

one that blazes a trail to guide others

• Armenian: ռահվիրա (hy) (ṙahvira)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 開拓者／开拓者 (zh) (kāituòzhě)

• Dutch: wegbereider (nl)
• Finnish: edelläkävijä (fi), polunraivaaja, ladunaukaisija
• French: pionnier (fr) m, pionnière (fr) f
• German: Vorreiter (de) m, Vorreiterin (de) f, Wegbereiter (de) m
• Hungarian: úttörő (hu)
• Italian: pioniere (it)
• Japanese: 先駆者 (ja) (せんくしゃ, senkusha)
• Korean: 선구자 (ko) (seon'guja)
• Maori: kaiparahuarahi
• Portuguese: desbravador (pt) m
• Russian: первопрохо́дец (ru) m (pervoproxódec)
• Serbo-Croatian: kzčilac
• Spanish: pionero (es) m
• Swedish: banbrytare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: першопрохо́дець m (peršoproxódecʹ), першопрохі́дник m (peršoproxídnyk), першопрохі́дниця f (peršoproxídnycja)

innovative leader

• Armenian: ռահվիրա (hy) (ṙahvira)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先驅／先驱 (zh) (xiānqū)

• Finnish: edelläkävijä (fi), uranuurtaja (fi)
• French: pionnier (fr) m, pionnière (fr) f
• Hungarian: úttörő (hu)
• Icelandic: brautryðjandi (is) m
• Italian: precursore (it), apripista (it)
• Japanese: 先駆者 (ja) (せんくしゃ, senkusha)
• Korean: 선구자 (ko) (seon'guja)
• Portuguese: pioneiro (pt) m, desbravador (pt) m
• Russian: первопрохо́дец (ru) m (pervoproxódec), пионе́р (ru) m (pionér), пионе́рка (ru) f (pionérka), нова́тор (ru) m (novátor)
• Serbo-Croatian: kzčitelj
• Spanish: pionero (es) m, colonizador (es) m, colono (es) m
• Swedish: banbrytare (sv)
• Ukrainian: першопрохо́дець m (peršoproxódecʹ), першопрохі́дник m (peršoproxídnyk), першопрохі́дниця f (peršoproxídnycja)