A rural worker who is paid by the day is called a peon.
Pawn is a concept that has several meanings. On the one hand, it may be a worker who is paid by the day and who carries out simple tasks that do not require great knowledge; It is usual for laborers to carry out seasonal work linked to agriculture .
For example: "Grandfather will have to hire more laborers for the harvest," "A laborer was injured when a tree fell," "The government should be concerned about the situation of the laborers: their employers do not respect any labor rights."
Peones are usually rural workers who do not have land and who, therefore, must sell their labor power to some landowner. Generally, the relationship they establish with their employer includes daily payment for each day worked.
In the army environment, a pawn is a soldier who is already an effective part of the force, although he is on the lowest rung in terms of hierarchy. The pawn is barely placed above the recruit, being a private soldier .
pawn in chess
In chess , the pawn is a piece that advances one square at a time, always forward. The exception is the first move of the game, in which the pawn advances two squares. To eat other pieces, on the other hand, it makes a diagonal movement , since it cannot get hold of one that is in front.
When a pawn manages to reach the eighth line, it can be exchanged for any of the other pieces, with the exception of the king . It should be noted that each player starts with eight pawns.
The creation of chess has an uncertain origin. One of the legends associated with this event speaks of chaturanga , its oldest precursor, developed by the Brahmin Sissa to satisfy the wishes of Raja Balhait in India . For its design, Sissa was inspired by the military figures of the time, and the pawn was the piece that represented the infantry and the role they played in the army in times of war . This is supported by Greek accounts that speak of the Indian army of the 4th century BC
The term pawn is related to infantry in many languages, thus preserving the intentions of its creator. During the Middle Ages , they sought to add versatility to the chess pieces, and that is why each pawn received a complementary role based on commoner's own work ; Starting on the left side, with the pawn in front of the tower, the positions were the following: messenger, policeman, innkeeper, merchant, doctor, assistant, blacksmith and worker.
A pawn is a chess piece.
The term in Spain
In Spain , the job that consisted of taking care of the conditions of the roads in each league (5.5 kilometers) was known as the road laborer , being located at the foot of the road since 1759 , during the mandate of Ferdinand VI. .
In addition to giving them a daily payment of five reales, they were provided with a home near their position. Regarding their functions, they had to, among other things, level the road after the passage of carriages, cover the gravel with earth or sand when the air carried away the top layer and clean the ditches on each side.
Other uses of the pawn concept
For Greek mythology, Peon is the name of some of its characters: a god in charge of providing medical assistance to other gods (he was also known by the name of Peán ); the son of Endymion , who forced him to compete with his two brothers in a race to decide who was worthy of inheriting the throne , after which Paeon lost and was exiled to a region to the north later called Paeonia ; or the head of the family of the Paeonids, of Athens , whose sons suffered expulsion from Messenia when the Heraclids returned to the ancient city.
Pawn, finally, can be used as a synonym for spinning top , a type of top that has the peculiarity of rotating on a point when propelled with a thread or other mechanism.