pawn

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Translations 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn

[edit] Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman paun, poun (“‘pawn, pedestrian’”) ( = Old French poon, paon), from Late Latin pedo(n-) (“‘footsoldier’”), from Latin pēs, ped- (“‘foot’”).

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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, attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
2. (colloquial): Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end, usually not the end that individual would prefer.

   Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.

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

1. (video games) To render one's opponent a mere pawn, especially in a real-time strategy games.

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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pawn (plural pawns)

1. The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.

   All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.

2. An instance of pawning something.
3. (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 106:

     Brokers, takers of pawns, biting userers, I will not admit; yet [...] I will tolerate some kind of usery.

4. (rare) A pawn shop, pawnbroker.

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to 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (to deposit at a pawn shop): hock

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: anpw
• WPAN