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单词 pioneer corps
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pioneer corps

/ˌpʌɪəˈnɪə kɔː/
Military
noun
1In early use: †a group of soldiers involved in siege warfare (obsolete ). Later: a division of an army specializing in engineering and maintenance duties.
2Specifically (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..

Origin

Late 18th century. From either pioneer or pioneer + corps.

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