Pawn

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A pawn is a peon, or other powerless person.

It can also refer to:

  • Pawn (chess), the weakest and most numerous piece in the game
  • Pawn (law), another name for a pledge in certain jurisdictions
  • Pawn, to sell an item to a pawnbroker, one who owns a pawnshop
  • The Pawn, a 1980s text adventure
  • Pawn (programming language), an embeddable programming language
  • Pawn (webcomic), a 21st century webcomic by Fredrik K.T. Andersson




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