Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who makes paths; a pioneer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, makes a way or path.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who, or that which, makes a way or path.

Etymologies

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path +‎ maker

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Examples

  • He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the pathmaker is breaking stones.

    Tagore and His India 2001

  • He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the pathmaker is breaking stones.

    Gitanjali, 1913

  • The path was one that had never been touched by a professional pathmaker.

    This Is the End Stella Benson 1912

  • This little book was a pathmaker in the proper apprehension of the subject, and an evidence of its great value is seen in the fact that it is still being studied and republished.

    The Theology of Schleiermacher: A Condensed Presentation of His Chief Work, "The Christian Faith" 1862-1929 1911

  • He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground and where the pathmaker is breaking stones.

    Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore 1901

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