Pawn
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Pawn may refer to:
- Pawn (chess)Pawn (chess)The pawn is the most numerous and weakest piece in the game of chess, historically representing infantry, or more particularly armed peasants or pikemen. Each player begins the game with eight pawns, one on each square of the rank immediately in front of the other pieces...
, the weakest and most numerous piece in the game - Pawn, another name for a pledge (law)Pledge (law)A pledge is a bailment or deposit of personal property to a creditor to secure repayment for some debt or engagement, The term is also used to denote the property which constitutes the security....
in certain jurisdictions- Pawnshop/pawnbrokerPawnbrokerA pawnbroker is an individual or business that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral...
- Pawnshop/pawnbroker
- Pawn (programming language), an embeddable programming language
- Doris PawnDoris PawnDoris Pawn was an American actress who appeared in films of the silent era.-Early life:Pawn was born and raised in Norfolk, Nebraska. She was the third Nebraskan woman to make a name for herself as an actress. Previously, Mrs...
(1894-1988), an American actress of the silent film era - Pawn River, Burma
- The PawnThe PawnThe Pawn is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls which was first published by Rainbird in 1986. It is remembered for its excellent graphics and the opening music available in some game versions. Also the game itself - story and parser - got mostly positive reviews...
, a 1980s text adventure - PAWN, an online multiplayer flash game
- PAWN, International Civil Aviation Organization code for Noatak AirportNoatak AirportNoatak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Noatak, in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S...