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pawnbroker

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈpɔːnˌbɹəʊ.kə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lender, loaner, pledgee

History

Etymology

From pawn + broker.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գրավառու (gravaṙu) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Armenian: գրավապահ (gravapah) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Armenian: լոմբարդի տեր (lombardi ter) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Belarusian: ліхвя́р (lixvjár) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Chinese Mandarin: 當舖老闆 /当铺老板 (dàngpù lǎobǎn) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Czech: zastavárník — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Danish: pantelåner — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Dutch: pandjesbaas — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Dutch: lommerd — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Esperanto: lombardisto — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Estonian: lombard — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Finnish: panttilainaamon pitäjä — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • French: prêteur sur gages — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • French: prêteuse sur gages — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Georgian: მევახშე (mevaxše) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • German: Pfandleiher — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • German: Pfandleiherin — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Greek: ενεχυροδανειστής (enechyrodaneistís) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Hungarian: zálogkölcsönző — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Ido: lombardisto — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Indonesian: pegadai — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Japanese: 質屋 (shichiya) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Latin: pignerātor — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Māori: kaitaupua moni — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pantelåner — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Norwegian Bokmål: onkel — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Polish: lombardzista — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Portuguese: penhorista — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Romanian: amanetar — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Russian: ростовщи́к (rostovščík) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Russian: ростовщи́ца (rostovščíca) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Russian: проце́нтщик (procéntščik) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Russian: проце́нтщица (procéntščica) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Russian: ломба́рдщик (lombárdščik) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Russian: ломба́рдщица (lombárdščica) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Serbo-Croatian: залагао́нича̄р — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Serbo-Croatian: zalagaóničār — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Spanish: prestamista — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Swedish: pantlånare — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Ukrainian: лихва́р (lyxvár) — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
  • Volapük: panan — person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security
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