pawnee

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pawnee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pawnee \Pawn*ee"\, n. (Law)
     One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who
     takes anything in pawn.
     [1913 Webster]

  Pawnees \Paw`nees"\, prop. n. pl.; sing. Pawnee. (Ethnol.)
     A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly
     occupied the region of the Platte river, but now (1890) live
     mostly in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The term is often
     used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of
     Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.
     [1913 Webster] Pawner

pawnee - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Pawnee
      n 1: a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska
           and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
      2: the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee

pawnee - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Pawnee, IL (village, FIPS 58174)
    Location: 39.59201 N, 89.58088 W
    Population (1990): 2384 (964 housing units)
    Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Pawnee, OK (city, FIPS 57650)
    Location: 36.33507 N, 96.80115 W
    Population (1990): 2197 (1084 housing units)
    Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 74058

pawnee - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  PAWNEE. He who receives a pawn or pledge. 
       2. The rights of the pawnee are to have the exclusive possession of the 
  pawn; to use it, when it is for the advantage of the pawner, but, in such 
  case, when he makes a profit out of it, he must account for the same. 1 Car. 
  Law Rep. 8 7; 2 Murph. 
       3. The pawnee is bound to take reasonable care, of the pledge, and to 
  return it to the, pawnor, when the obligation of the latter has been 
  performed. 
       4. The pawnee has two remedies to enforce his claim; the first, to sell 
  the pawn, after having given due notice; and, secondly, by action. See. 1 
  Bouv. Inst. n. 1046, 1050.