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backward pawns

backward pawns is the plural of backward pawn.

Meaning of backward pawn

Noun

backward pawn (plural backward pawns)

  1. A pawn that is unable to advance without being threatened by an enemy pawn and is not defensible by pawns of the same color.

Questions about backward pawns

What is backward pawns the plural of?
Backward pawns is the plural of backward pawn.

Words near backward pawns in the dictionary

  1. backward linkages
  2. backward masking
  3. backward pass
  4. backward passes
  5. backward pawn
  6. backward pawns
  7. backward rationalization
  8. backward rationalizations
  9. backward rationalize
  10. backward rationalized
  11. backward rationalizes

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