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1. (n.) Minuteman
(sometimes l.c.) a member of an American militia before and during the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service.
Etymology: (1765–75)
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1. (noun) Minuteman
an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution
2. (noun) Minuteman
a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos
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1. (noun) minuteman
a militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution
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