pioneer

mastery
UK /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/ US /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪɹ/nounnameverb

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What does 'pioneer' mean in this sentence?

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