pawn
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pawn1
▶noun
- 1 a chess piece of the smallest size and value.
- 2 a person used by others for their own purposes.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. poun, from med. L. pedo, pedon- ‘foot soldier’, from L. pes, ped- ‘foot’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pawn2
▶verb deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent. ▶noun (usu. in pawn) the state of being pawned.
– origin C15: from OFr. pan ‘pledge, security’.
'pawn' also found in these Oxford entries:
check
- discovered check
- engage
- en passant
- en prise
- gambit
- hock
- king's pawn
- passed pawn
- penny
- peon
- piece
- pin
- pop
- promote
- queen
- queen's pawn
