min·ute·man (m n t-m n )n. An armed man pledged to be ready to fight on a minute's notice just before and during the Revolutionary War in the United States. |
Minuteman [ˈmɪnɪtˌmæn]
n pl -men
1. (Historical Terms) (sometimes not capital) (in the War of American Independence) a colonial militiaman who promised to be ready to fight at one minute's notice
2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a US three-stage intercontinental ballistic missile
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| Noun | 1. |  Minuteman - an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolutionmilitiaman - a member of the militia; serves only during emergencies |
| 2. | Minuteman - a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile - a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another |
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