pawn
Plural: pawns
Noun
- an article deposited as security
- a person used by another to gain an end
- (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
- borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
- The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
- A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
- The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- An instance of pawning something.
- An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
- A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
- Alternative form of paan.
- A gallery.
Verb
Verb Forms: pawned, pawning, pawns
- To give an item as security for a loan.
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
- To pledge; to stake or wager.
- To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- Alternative form of pwn.
Examples
- All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
- He had to PAWN his valuable ’Q’ tile for a less impressive word, just to make a play.
- Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived from Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.
Scrabble Score: 9
pawn: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpawn: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pawn: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
pawn: valid Words With Friends Word