pioneerdomn.
/ˌpʌɪəˈnɪədəm/, U.S. /ˌpaɪəˈnɪrdəm/ North American. Now rare.
The condition or state of a pioneer (pioneer n. 4a); pioneers collectively.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > frontiersman or pioneer > condition of
pioneerdom1873
1873 Porcupine 13 Sept. 379/2 A..Californian, who had arrived..from the States, close on to the age of pioneerdom.
1889 W. D. Lighthall Songs of Great Dominion xxviii His ‘Idylls of the Dominion’ are so characteristic both of himself and of pioneerdom, that he has been called ‘the Burns of Canada’.
1925 F. P. Grove Settlers of Marsh 180 People began to settle about it, to move on once more, again to the very edge of pioneerdom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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