Editing Pawn (chess) (section)

===Etymology and word usage===
The term ''pawn'' is derived from the Old French word ''paon'', which comes from the Medieval Latin term for "[[foot soldier]]" and is cognate with ''[[peon]]''. In most other languages, the word for pawn is similarly derived from ''paon'' (e.g., ''pionek'' in Polish), its Latin ancestor or some other word for foot soldier. In some languages the term for pawn is a name meaning "peasant" or "farmer", reflecting how the lower orders were conscripted as footsoldiers in wartime: Hungarian {{Lang|hu|paraszt}}, Slovene {{Lang|sl|kmet}}, German {{Lang|de|Bauer}}, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish ''bonde'', Latvian {{Lang|lv|bandinieks}}.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoqUoDGPU6gC&q=bandinieks+latvian&pg=PA211 |title = Latvian-English Dictionary: Volume I A - M|isbn = 9781477163108|last1 = Zusne|first1 = Leonard|date = 2008-07-30| publisher=Xlibris Corporation }}</ref> In Irish, the term ''{{Lang|ga|fichillín}}'', a [[diminutive]] of ''{{Lang|ga|ficheall}}'' ("chess") is sometimes used, though the term "ceithearnach" ("foot soldier") is also used. In Thai the pawn is called เบี้ย (''bîia''), which signifies a [[cowrie]] shell or a coin of little value. In Turkish the pawn is called ''{{Lang|tr|piyon}}'', borrowed from the French word [[:fr:Pion|Pion]] in the 19th&nbsp;century.

Outside of the game of chess, "pawn" is often taken to mean "one who is manipulated to serve another's purpose".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of PAWN |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pawn |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=[[Merriam-Webster|www.merriam-webster.com]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=pawn |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/pawn |website=[[The Free Dictionary]]}}</ref> Because the pawn is the weakest piece, it is often used metaphorically to indicate unimportance or outright disposability, only having utility in the ability to be controlled; for example, "She's only a pawn in their game."

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