Pawn

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title: "Pawn" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public topic_path: "uncategorized" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Pawn most often refers to:

Pawn (chess), the weakest and most numerous chess piece in the game
Pawnbroker or pawnshop, a business that provides loans by taking personal property as collateral

Pawn or The Pawn may also refer to:

Places

Pawn, Oregon, an historic forest community
Pawn River, Burma
Noatak Airport, International Civil Aviation Organization code PAWN

Arts, entertainment, and media

Pawn (2013 film), an American film
The Pawn (film), a 1978 French film
Pawn (2020 film), a South Korean film
The Pawn (video game), 1985 interactive fiction game
"Pawns", a song on the 2017 Paloma Faith album The Architect

Other uses

Pawnship, debt bondage slavery
Pawn, another name for a pledge in certain jurisdictions
Pawn, a token or game piece in board and video games

People with the surname

Doris Pawn (1894–1988), an American actress of the silent film era

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