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A pawn is a peon, or other powerless person. It is often a word used to describe someone or something that is used or manipulated. or the pawn is the weak person in a game of chess.

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 Stars, an American reality television series
• Pawn Hearts, an album by the English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator

Others

• Doris Pawn, an American actress
• Magic's Pawn, a 1989 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
• Red Pawn, a screenplay
• Gods and Pawns, a collection of stories written by Kage Baker

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