http://wordie.org/words/pawn Comments for the word 'Pawn' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/pawn#comments Also (<i>hist.</i>), a <a href="/words/gallery">gallery</a>, <a href="/words/colonnade">colonnade</a>, or covered <a href="/words/walk">walk</a>; esp. one in a <a href="/words/bazaar">bazaar</a>, market, exchange, etc., within which traders display their goods for sale. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:06:20 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/pawn#comments http://wordie.org/words/pawn#comments The chess piece comes from the Anglo-Norman for "walker". This is because pawns are the <a href="/words/foot soldiers">foot soldiers</a> of chess. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:16:26 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/pawn#comments