pawn
Significado (English)
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- 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.
- Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
Conceptos
Synonyms
cat’s-paw
cat’s paw
chess-man
put in pawn
borrow money
give in pledge
common soldier
credit against pledge of chattels
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/pɔːn/
Etimología (English)
In summary
From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived fom Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.
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