pawn (in chess)
→
puppet, lay figure
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | pawn | |
| Meaning 1 | chess piece of the smallest size and value | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | person used by others for their own purposes | he was a pawn in the game of power politics |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | пешка | |
| Meaning 1 | pawn (in chess) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | puppet, lay figure | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||