Paine

[peyn] /peɪn/
noun
1.
Albert Bigelow
[big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA),
1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
2.
Robert Treat
[treet] /trit/ (Show IPA),
1731–1814, U.S. jurist and statesman.
3.
Thomas, 1737–1809, U.S. patriot and writer on government and religion, born in England.
British Dictionary definitions for Paine

Paine

/peɪn/
noun
1.
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