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Webster 1913 Edition

Pawnee

Pawn-ee′

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Noun.
(Law)
One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pawnee

PAWNEE'

,
Noun.
The person to whom a pawn is delivered as security; one that takes any thing in pawn.
If the pawn is laid up and the pawnee robbed,he is not answerable.

Definition 2025

Pawnee

Pawnee

See also: pawnee

English

Proper noun

Pawnee

  1. A near-extinct language of North America.

Adjective

Pawnee ‎(comparative more Pawnee, superlative most Pawnee)

  1. Relating to the Pawnee people or language.

Noun

Pawnee ‎(plural Pawnee)

  1. A person of Pawnee origin or descent.

See also

pawnee

pawnee

See also: Pawnee

English

Noun

pawnee ‎(plural pawnees)

  1. (law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.

French

Noun

pawnee m ‎(uncountable)

  1. the Pawnee language

Etymology

pawn +‎ -ee

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