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Pawn
/pɔːn/
The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
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noun
- 1
The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
- 2
Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
"Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War."
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