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Paine   /peɪn/   Listen
Paine

noun
1.
American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814).  Synonym: Robert Treat Paine.
2.
American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809).  Synonyms: Thomas Paine, Tom Paine.



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"Paine" Quotes from Famous Books



... pages? And Alice felt a thrill of joy as she felt there was at least one bond of sympathy between them. There was no Bible upon the shelves, no religious book of any kind, if we except a work of infidel Tom Paine, at sight of which Alice recoiled as from a viper. Could Hugh believe in Tom Paine? She hoped not, and with a sigh she was turning from the corner, when the patter of little naked feet was heard upon the stairs, ...
— Bad Hugh • Mary Jane Holmes

... every night for a week with Blanche Carter's children when they had diphtheria, and saved their lives by her nursing," said Elsie Paine indignantly. "That is the woman that those good people sneer at. You are not fair to her, Mrs. Hart. She has a sweet face when ...
— The Argosy - Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 • Various

... to be seen to be hated, or the speech of a radical infidel; art liberty, and political free discussions, who may indulge in them; self-government and the ballot-box; Calvan Blanchard's Thomas Paine, 101-105 ...
— The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, Index, 1880 • Various

... hung on him way back before even my memory in this Section. Did you ever hear of Thomas Paine in American history?" ...
— Ultima Thule • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... up your bones, Tom Paine, Will. Cobbett has done well: You visit him on earth again, He'll ...
— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore


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