"waymaker" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "way + maker",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "waymakers",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Expostulation to Lord Coke",
          "text": "Christ never comes before his waymaker",
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      "glosses": [
        "One who makes a way; a precursor; pioneer; pathfinder."
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          "pioneer",
          "pioneer"
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          "pathfinder",
          "pathfinder"
        ]
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "waymaking"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trailblazer"
        }
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  "word": "waymaker"
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  "etymology_text": "way + maker",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "waymakers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "waymaker (plural waymakers)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "waymaking"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who makes a way; a precursor; pioneer; pathfinder."
      ],
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          "precursor",
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          "pioneer",
          "pioneer"
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          "pathfinder"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trailblazer"
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  "word": "waymaker"
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