Are we all just pawns?

The other are just pawns.” There are no pawns, no kings, and no queens. We’re all humans and we all have the same value.”

What does treating someone like a pawn mean?

The definition of a pawn is a person or thing manipulated and used by others, or a game piece in the game of chess. A person unwittingly used in a scheme and taken advantage of by others is an example of a pawn. A chess piece that has the least value to the player is an example of a pawn.

Why are people called pawns?

Although the name origin of most other chess pieces is obvious, the etymology of pawn is fairly obscure. It is derived from the Old French word paon, which comes from the Medieval Latin term for “foot soldier” and is cognate with peon.

What is a pawn person?

a person who does not have any real power but is used by others to achieve something: The refugees are pawns in an international political dispute.

What does it mean when someone says I was a pawn?

If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage. It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the president. Synonyms: tool, instrument [informal], toy, creature More Synonyms of pawn.

What pawn means?

1a : something delivered to or deposited with another as security for a loan. b : hostage. 2 : the state of being pledged. 3 : something used as a pledge : guaranty. 4 : the act of pawning.

What do you call a person who pawns?

A pawnbroker is an individual or business (pawnshop or pawn shop) that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral. The items having been pawned to the broker are themselves called pledges or pawns, or simply the collateral.

What does being someone’s pawn mean?

What does the pawn symbol mean?

The pawnbrokers’ symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar. The three sphere symbol is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy, owing to its symbolic meaning of Lombard. This refers to the Italian province of Lombardy, where pawn shop banking originated under the name of Lombard banking.