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

Type of: American Revolutionary leader, pamphleteer

Encyclopedia: Paine, Robert Treat