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   Pawn

   /pôn/

   

   noun

   • 1. 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.
   • ▪ a person used by others for their own purposes: "they had allowed themselves to be used as pawns within the Cold War"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French poun, from medieval Latin pedo, pedon- ‘foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’. Compare with peon.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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