"pacesetter" meaning in English

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          "word": "bring up the rear"
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          "word": "take up the running"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who sets pace",
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          "sense": "one who sets pace",
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          "word": "Schrittmacher"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who sets pace",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "battistrada"
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      "sense": "one who sets pace",
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        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "kirittäjä"
    },
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      "sense": "one who sets pace",
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