pioneer corpsn.

Brit.

/ˌpʌɪəˈnɪə kɔː/, U.S.

/ˌpaɪəˈnɪ(ə)r ˌkɔr/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pioneer n., pioneer adj., corps n.¹

Etymology: < either pioneer n. or pioneer adj. + corps n.¹

Military.

a. In early use: †a group of soldiers involved in siege warfare (obsolete). Later: a division of an army specializing in engineering and maintenance duties.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > engineers

ginour?1265

pioneer corps1775

Royal Engineers1787

RE1838

REME1942

Seabees1942

1762 R. Steele Let. 2 Feb. (P.R.O. WO 1/982) 291 That you do forthwith give the proper orders for draughting one Hundred private able bodied men..fit for Pioneers, from some or all of the five Regiments raised last in Ireland..in order to form a Company of Pioneers, to serve in Portugal.]

1775 Gen. J. Smith Let. 26 Feb. in D. Macleod Case of Lieut. Colonel Donald Macleod (1796) 8 I made use of him in both sieges of Tanjour, to act either in the engineer or pioneer corps, both of which are always attended with much fatigue and danger.

1787 W. Fullarton View Eng. Interests India 140 The engineers' department was stored with besieging tools and other implements; the pioneer corps was strengthened.

1818 Times 13 Oct. 2/2 The pioneer corps has given another proof to the many on record of their coolness in the most trying of situations, and of their extraordinary skill and despatch in the labours which belong to them in this particular species of warfare.

1865 Harper's Mag. Oct. 576/2 The officer in charge of the pioneer corps, which follows the advance-guard, has discovered an ugly place in the road, which must be ‘corduroyed’ at once, before the wagons can pass.

1940 Jrnl. Amer. Mil. Inst. 4 35 He..instructed Captain William F. Patterson of Smith's pioneer corps to build three of these wooden cannon.

2003 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 20 July 68 The allied forces should have taken into Iraq a pioneer corps that was immediately ready to begin work on restoring power and water supplies and rebuilding hospitals and schools.

b. spec. (usually in form Pioneer Corps): a corps of the regular British army; the Royal Pioneer Corps. Now disused.A company of Royal Pioneers was active in 1762–3. The modern Pioneer Corps was formed (as the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps) in 1939; in 1946 it became the Royal Pioneer Corps, and in 1993 was merged with four other army corps to form the Royal Logistic Corps.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British

Ulsters1649

Scots Guardsa1675

fusilier1680

guards1682

Scots Dragoons1689

Scots Fusiliers1689

Inniskilling1715

Scots Greys1728

blue1737

Black Watch1739

Oxford blues1766

green linnets1793

Grenadiers1800

slashers1802

the Buffs1806

tartan1817

Gay Gordons1823

cheesemongers1824

Green Jacket1824

The Bays1837

RHA1837

dirty half-hundred1841

die-hard1844

lifeguard1849

cherry-picker1865

lancer-regiment1868

cheeses1877

Territorial Regiment1877

the Sweeps1879

dirty shirts1887

Scottish Rifles1888

shiner1891

Yorkshire1898

imperials1899

Irish guards1902

Hampshires1904

BEF1914

Old Contemptibles1915

contemptibles1917

Tank Corps1917

the Tins1918

skins1928

pioneer corps1939

red devils1943

Blues and Royals1968

U.D.R.1969

1763 R. Steele Let. 7 Aug. (P.R.O. WO 1/982) 277 I have the honour to accquaint [sic] You, that the Company of Royal Pioneers under my Command, arrived this day.]

1939 War Illustr. 4 Nov. 237/1 Further openings for the older men will be given in two new directions..Home Defence Battalions..and an Auxiliary Pioneer Corps which will take over military pioneer work.

1945 E. Jeackh Rising Crescent xv. 130 With the help of engineers and mechanics from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, the Royal Pioneer Corps of the British army, and tribesmen from Bechuanaland and Basutoland, the task has been completed.

1991 Independent (Nexis) 24 July 3 The most radical restructuring..involves the merging of four ‘cap-badges’—the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Corps of Transport, Pioneer Corps and Army Catering Corps into a new ‘service support’ corps.

2. In the British colonies (esp. South Asia and Southern Africa): a body of irregular troops. Now rare.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > irregulars

tumultuary1654

watch1739

irregular1747

campoo1803

pioneer corps1845

harka1903

Legion of Frontiersmen1905

non-regular1909

1845 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 8 196 Ceylon pioneer corps, natives of Madras and Bengal..serving among the passes and forests of Ceylon.

1892 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 456 I had the honor of holding a commission in the ‘Pioneer Corps’, and accompanied that little force on its march to Mashonaland.

1909 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 8 358 These parties [were] formed into the Natal Native Labour Corps under the white conductors already belonging to the establishment of the Public Works, and together with the staff of that department, who were to become the Natal Pioneer Corps, they were to take the place of the Royal Engineers shut up in Ladysmith.

1932 Times 14 Oct. 14/5 Plans for the retrenchment of military costs in India include a proposal to abolish the Pioneer Corps, consisting of several thousands of men.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pioneer corps
释义	pioneer corpsn. Brit. /ˌpʌɪəˈnɪə kɔː/, U.S. /ˌpaɪəˈnɪ(ə)r ˌkɔr/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pioneer n., pioneer adj., corps n.¹ Etymology: < either pioneer n. or pioneer adj. + corps n.¹ Military. 1. a. In early use: †a group of soldiers involved in siege warfare (obsolete). Later: a division of an army specializing in engineering and maintenance duties. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > engineers ginour?1265 pioneer corps1775 Royal Engineers1787 RE1838 REME1942 Seabees1942 1762 R. Steele Let. 2 Feb. (P.R.O. WO 1/982) 291 That you do forthwith give the proper orders for draughting one Hundred private able bodied men..fit for Pioneers, from some or all of the five Regiments raised last in Ireland..in order to form a Company of Pioneers, to serve in Portugal.] 1775 Gen. J. Smith Let. 26 Feb. in D. Macleod Case of Lieut. Colonel Donald Macleod (1796) 8 I made use of him in both sieges of Tanjour, to act either in the engineer or pioneer corps, both of which are always attended with much fatigue and danger. 1787 W. Fullarton View Eng. Interests India 140 The engineers' department was stored with besieging tools and other implements; the pioneer corps was strengthened. 1818 Times 13 Oct. 2/2 The pioneer corps has given another proof to the many on record of their coolness in the most trying of situations, and of their extraordinary skill and despatch in the labours which belong to them in this particular species of warfare. 1865 Harper's Mag. Oct. 576/2 The officer in charge of the pioneer corps, which follows the advance-guard, has discovered an ugly place in the road, which must be ‘corduroyed’ at once, before the wagons can pass. 1940 Jrnl. Amer. Mil. Inst. 4 35 He..instructed Captain William F. Patterson of Smith's pioneer corps to build three of these wooden cannon. 2003 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 20 July 68 The allied forces should have taken into Iraq a pioneer corps that was immediately ready to begin work on restoring power and water supplies and rebuilding hospitals and schools. b. spec. (usually in form Pioneer Corps): a corps of the regular British army; the Royal Pioneer Corps. Now disused.A company of Royal Pioneers was active in 1762–3. The modern Pioneer Corps was formed (as the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps) in 1939; in 1946 it became the Royal Pioneer Corps, and in 1993 was merged with four other army corps to form the Royal Logistic Corps. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1763 R. Steele Let. 7 Aug. (P.R.O. WO 1/982) 277 I have the honour to accquaint [sic] You, that the Company of Royal Pioneers under my Command, arrived this day.] 1939 War Illustr. 4 Nov. 237/1 Further openings for the older men will be given in two new directions..Home Defence Battalions..and an Auxiliary Pioneer Corps which will take over military pioneer work. 1945 E. Jeackh Rising Crescent xv. 130 With the help of engineers and mechanics from South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, the Royal Pioneer Corps of the British army, and tribesmen from Bechuanaland and Basutoland, the task has been completed. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 24 July 3 The most radical restructuring..involves the merging of four ‘cap-badges’—the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Corps of Transport, Pioneer Corps and Army Catering Corps into a new ‘service support’ corps. 2. In the British colonies (esp. South Asia and Southern Africa): a body of irregular troops. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > irregulars tumultuary1654 watch1739 irregular1747 campoo1803 pioneer corps1845 harka1903 Legion of Frontiersmen1905 non-regular1909 1845 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 8 196 Ceylon pioneer corps, natives of Madras and Bengal..serving among the passes and forests of Ceylon. 1892 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 456 I had the honor of holding a commission in the ‘Pioneer Corps’, and accompanied that little force on its march to Mashonaland. 1909 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 8 358 These parties [were] formed into the Natal Native Labour Corps under the white conductors already belonging to the establishment of the Public Works, and together with the staff of that department, who were to become the Natal Pioneer Corps, they were to take the place of the Royal Engineers shut up in Ladysmith. 1932 Times 14 Oct. 14/5 Plans for the retrenchment of military costs in India include a proposal to abolish the Pioneer Corps, consisting of several thousands of men. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775
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