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pawnlike

pawnlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a pawn, especially in being controlled for another's benefit.

Adjective

pawnlike (comparative more pawnlike, superlative most pawnlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pawn, especially in being controlled for another's benefit.

Forms of pawnlike

comparativemore pawnlike
superlativemost pawnlike

Origin of pawnlike

From pawn + -like.

Questions about pawnlike

What does pawnlike mean?
Pawnlike means resembling or characteristic of a pawn, especially in being controlled for another's benefit.
What part of speech is pawnlike?
Pawnlike is an adjective.

Words near pawnlike in the dictionary

  1. pawning off
  2. pawning off as
  3. pawnings
  4. pawnless
  5. pawnlessness
  6. pawnlike
  7. pawnor
  8. pawnors
  9. pawns
  10. pawns off
  11. pawns off as

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