What's the difference between pawnee and pawnor?

Pawnee


Definition:

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

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cheyenne-Arapaho, Comanche and Kiowa areas (located in the western++ part of the state) have higher alcohol-related deaths than Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole and Pawnee areas (located in eastern Oklahoma).
  • (2) At one point in the film Swank and Jones' characters are confronted by a Pawnee raiding party and have a horse stolen, but Jones rejected any suggestion that he had "stereotyped" Native Americans in his film.
  • (3) Gary Duncan - half Pawnee, quarter Cherokee - was guitarist for arguably the most pioneering band of them all, Quicksilver Messenger Service.
  • (4) The actors were all Native Americans of Pueblo descent … I was proud they were looked like Pawnees, and not ashamed of the fact they were considered by our characters potentially to be homicidal.

Pawnor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.

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