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pěšec — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.

Senses

pěšec is used for these senses in English:

  • pawn (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
  • pawn (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.

pawn — full definition

  1. verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
  2. noun The least valuable chess piece, which moves forward and captures diagonally.
  3. noun A person being used or manipulated by someone more powerful, for their own ends.

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