pawn
English
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔːn
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- Homophone: porn (non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
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From Middle English pawn, pown, pewne, poune, powne, paun, from Anglo-Norman paun, poun (“pawn, pedestrian”) ( = Old French poon, päon, pëon), from Late Latin pedō, pedonis (“footsoldier”), from Latin pēs, ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.
Noun
pawn (plural pawns)
- (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.
- (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
- Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:pawn
Translations
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See also
Chess pieces in English · chess pieces, chessmen (see also: chess) (layout · text) | |||||
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king | queen | rook, castle | bishop | knight | pawn |
- Pawn (chess) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Appendix:Chess_pieces
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)
- (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
- An instance of pawning something.
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- Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.
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- As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness, so, O Lord, let this day's comfort be the earnest of to-morrow's.
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- (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
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- My life I never held but as a pawn / To wage against thy enemies.
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- Brokers, takers of pawns, biting userers, I will not admit; yet […] I will tolerate some kind of usery.
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- As for mortgaging or pawning, […] men will not take pawns without use [i.e. interest].
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- (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
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Verb
pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)
- To pledge; to stake or wager.
- To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
- But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe.
- 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
Synonyms
- (to deposit at a pawn shop): hock
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See also
Etymology 3
Noun
pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)
- Alternative form of paan
- 1832, Meer Hassan Ali, Observations on the Mussulmauns of India:
- A tray filled with pawns, prepared with the usual ingredients, as lime cuttie (a bitter gum), betel-nut, tobacco, spices, &c.
- 1892, Chambers's Journal (volume 69, page 320)
- To our English taste, pawn is very offensive; but the natives of India relish it, and regard it as a necessity. It is much eaten by Mohammedans of both sexes, and by the natives of Bengal.
Etymology 4
Noun
pawn (plural pawns)
- A gallery.
Etymology 5
Verb
pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)
- (video games) Alternative form of pwn
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