How many syllables in pawner?

There are 2 syllables in the word pawner.

How to pronounce pawner:

pawner (noun):: one of the chessmen of least value having the power to move only forward ordinarily one square at a time, to capture only diagonally forward, and to be promoted to any piece except a king upon reaching the eighth rank

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