Paine
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- proper noun
- /peɪn/
- The stark contrast between ignorance and knowledge that had been drawn by Tom Paine was repeatedly evoked in the campaign.
- Thomas Paine
- Paine wrote
- Paine's writings
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Examples
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In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, advocating for American independence from British rule.
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The people have read Mr. Paine's Common Sense.
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Tom Paine practically started this whole country.
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Those words were written by Thomas Paine in 1776.
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Thomas Paine wrote the book entitled Common Sense to illustrate the plain truth of democracy.
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Let us return one last time to Thomas Paine, that irrepressible clarion of civic courage.
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According to Albert Saye, "Tom Paine, not John Adams, had advocated this plan."
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Far from emulating Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, they channeled Thomas Paine, calling for civil liberties, religious equality, and an end to Mubarak's dictatorship.
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Thomas Paine wrote influential essays that encouraged the American colonists to fight for independence.
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The ideas of Thomas Paine greatly inspired both the American and French Revolutions.
Synonyms
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An English-born writer and political thinker who supported the American and French revolutions
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A writer born in England who supported the American and French revolutions
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paine is a family name that comes from the old word paganus, which meant 'country person' and gave the English word pagan. So the name began as a description of someone and later became a family name.