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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats