trailblazer

== English == === Etymology === From trail (noun) +‎ blazer (noun). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪlbleɪzə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹeɪlˌbleɪzəɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæɪlˌblæɪzə/ Hyphenation: trail‧blaz‧er === Noun === trailblazer (plural trailblazers) Synonym of pathfinder. One who discovers or makes a new path or way through an untraversed region. (figurative) One who is the first to do something in a particular field; an innovator, a pioneer. Synonyms: groundbreaker, outrider, pathbreaker, roadmaker, trailcutter, trailbreaker, waymaker Coordinate term: game changer ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== roadbuilder === Further reading === trailblazer (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “trail-blazer, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2025. “trailblazer, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.