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pawnee

/ˈpɔːniː/

pawnee noun: one or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn.

Noun (1)

pawnee (plural pawnees)

  1. One or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn.

Proper noun capitalized: Pawnee

Pawnee

  1. A near-extinct language of North America.
  2. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A ghost town in Geary County, Kansas, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, United States.
  6. A city, the county seat of Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.
  7. A census-designated place in Bee County, Texas, United States.

Adjective capitalized: Pawnee

Pawnee (comparative more Pawnee, superlative most Pawnee)

  1. Relating to the Pawnee people or language.

Noun (2) capitalized: Pawnee

Pawnee (plural Pawnees or Pawnee)

  1. A person of Pawnee origin or descent.

pawnee meaning in Tamil

pawnee in Tamil

அடகு பிடிப்பவர்

Forms of pawnee

Noun
pluralpawnees
pluralPawnees
pluralPawnee
Adjective
comparativemore Pawnee
superlativemost Pawnee

Plural of pawnee: pawnees

Origin of pawnee

From pawn + -ee.

Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.

Words formed from pawnee

Questions about pawnee

What does pawnee mean?
Pawnee means one or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn.
What is pawnee in Tamil?
Pawnee in Tamil is அடகு பிடிப்பவர். See Pawnee meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pawnee?
Pawnee can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce pawnee?
Pawnee is pronounced /ˈpɔːniː/.
What is the plural of pawnee?
The plural of pawnee is pawnees.

Words near pawnee in the dictionary

  1. pawnbroking
  2. pawne
  3. pawned
  4. pawned off
  5. pawned off as
  6. pawnee
  7. Pawnee City
  8. Pawnee County
  9. Pawnee Rock
  10. pawnees
  11. pawner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pawnee (page history and authors); Pawnee (page history and authors); pawnee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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