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Definition pawn

Etymology 1

From Middle English pawn, pown, pewne, poune, powne, paun, from Anglo-Norman paun, poun (“pawn, pedestrian”) ( = Old French poon, päon, pëon), from Late Latin ped?, pedonis (“footsoldier”), from Latin p?s, ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.

Noun

pawn (plural pawns)

  1. (chess) The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
  2. (figuratively) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.

Etymology 2

From Middle French pan (“pledge, security”), apparently from a Germanic language (compare Middle Dutch pant, Old High German pfant).

Noun

pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
  2. An instance of pawning something.
  3. (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
  4. (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
Verb

pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)

  1. To pledge; to stake or wager.
  2. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

Etymology 3

Noun

pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)

  1. Alternative form of paan

Etymology 4

Noun

pawn (plural pawns)

  1. A gallery.

Etymology 5

Verb

pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)

  1. (video games) Alternative form of pwn

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ENWRAP 13
IMPAWN 16
INWRAP 13
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PAWNED 14
PAWNEE 13
PAWNER 13
PAWNOR 13
PRAWNS 13
SPAWNS 13
UNWRAP 14
WEAPON 13
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PRAWN 12
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AWN 7
NAP 7
NAW 7
PAN 7
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WAN 7
WAP 9
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NA 3
PA 5

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