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Meaning of pawnees

- One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
- A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.