Associations to the word «Paine»

Wiktionary

PAINE, proper noun. An English surname, of Norman derivation, meaning someone who lived outside of a city (See Latin pagus).

Dictionary definition

PAINE, noun. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814).
PAINE, noun. American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca