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Paine

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Noun

1. paine, robert treat paine

American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814)

2. paine, thomas paine, tom 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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Paine

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noun
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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Paine

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1. 
ˈRobert Treat (ˈtrit ) ; trētˈ) 1731-1814; Am. jurist & statesman
2. 
Thomas1737-1809; Am. Revolutionary patriot, writer, & political theoretician, born in England

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Paine

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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).
British-born American writer and Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776), arguing for American independence from Britain, and The Rights of Man (1791-1792), a defense of the French Revolution.

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