pawn
$ \mathrm{pawn}^1 | pôn |
noun
a chess piece of the smallest size and value. A pawn moves one square forward along its file if unobstructed (or two on the first move), or one square diagonally forward when making a capture. Each player begins with eight pawns on the second rank, and can promote a pawn to become any other piece (typically a queen) if it reaches the opponent's end of the board.
〘チェス〙 ポーン〘将棋の歩に当たるチェスの駒; → chess 〙
a person used by others for their own purposes:
【駆け引きでの】(人の)手先; 使いっ走り(dupe) «in» .
e.g. they had allowed themselves to be used as pawns within the Cold War.
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French poun, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon- ‘foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with peon.
$ \mathrm{pawn}^2 | pôn |
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verb with object
deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent:
…を質に入れる
e.g. I pawned the necklace to cover the loan.
〈命･名誉など〉を賭ける
noun archaic
an object left as security for money lent.
質入れ; 人質
PHRASES
in pawn
(of an object) held as security by a pawnbroker:
質に入って
e.g. all our money was gone and everything was in pawn.
PHRASAL VERBS
pawn someone/something off
pass off someone or something unwanted: newly industrialized economies are racing to pawn off old processes on poorer countries.
ORIGIN
late 15th century (as a noun): from Old French pan ‘pledge, security’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pand and German Pfand.