Paton, Alan Syllabification: (Pa·ton, Alan)Pronunciation: /ˈpātn/Definition of Paton, Alan (1903–88), South African writer and politician; full name Alan Stewart Paton. He is best known for his novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), a passionate indictment of the apartheid system. Paton, Alan in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Paton, Alan in the British & World English dictionary
