noun
- the smallest and least valuable piece in chess
- a person used by others for their own purposes
verb
- to give something as security for a loan
Examples
- She moved her pawn forward two squares.
- The pawns are positioned in front of the other chess pieces.
- He felt like a pawn in their political game.
- The workers were pawns in the corporate power struggle.
- She had to pawn her jewelry to pay the rent.
- He pawned his guitar at the local shop.
- They pawned their wedding rings during hard times.