trailblazer

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The first Western trailblazer is Bulgarian president Georgi Purvanov, who shot a mountain ram (argali, included in the international Red book of protected species) during his state visit to Uzbekistan.

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  1. noun One that blazes a trail.
  2. noun An innovative leader in a field; a pioneer.

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  • The first Western trailblazer is Bulgarian president Georgi Purvanov, who shot a mountain ram (argali, included in the international Red book of protected species) during his state visit to Uzbekistan. —  Ferghana.Ru news agency
  • Joan Bavaria -- trailblazer of socially responsible investing, champion of the environment, and forceful financial industry leader -- died late yesterday after a battle with cancer. —  SocialFunds.com
  • Please Elisabeth probably doesn't know what the word trailblazer means, hell the female republicans that were sitting in the skyboxes and what not, would look down on Palin and her family if she was a democrat.
  • A SaaS trailblazer, a REST activist, a firewall revisionist, even a president will all shape technology in the coming year. —  InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
  • One such trailblazer was a behaviorist named John B. Watson. —  Damn Interesting
 

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