Paine (p n), Robert Treat 1731-1814. American Revolutionary leader and jurist. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he later served as a justice of the Massachusetts supreme court (1790-1804). |
| Paine, Thomas 1737-1809. British-born American writer and Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain. In England he published The Rights of Man (1791-1792), a defense of the French Revolution. |
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(Biographies / Paine, Thomas (1737-1809) M, USnational of birth: English, WRITING: pamphleteer) Thomas. 1737-1809, American political pamphleteer, born in England. His works include the pamphlets Common Sense (1776) and Crisis (1776-83), supporting the American colonists' fight for independence; The Rights of Man (1791-92), a justification of the French Revolution; and The Age of Reason (1794-96), a defence of deism
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| Noun | 1. |  Paine - American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814) |
| 2. |  Paine - American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) |
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