Definition of Minuteman

1. Noun. An American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution.

Generic synonyms: Militiaman

2. Noun. A strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos.

Definition of Minuteman

1. n. A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.

Definition of Minuteman

1. Noun. during the American War for Independence, a soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice ¹

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Definition of Minuteman

1. [n MINUTEMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minuteman

minutary
minute book
minute gun
minute hand
minute hands
minute mutant
minute of angle
minute of arc
minute output
minute repeater
minute steak
minute volume
minuted
minutely
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minutemen
minuteness
minutenesses
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minutes
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minutest
minutia
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minutial
minuting
minutiæ
minx

Literary usage of Minuteman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Choice Literature: ... for Grammar Grades (1898)
"Mary Shepherd was the true ancestor of the minuteman of the Revolution. The minuteman of the Revolution! who was he? He was the husband, the father, ..."

2. Our Country in Poem and Prose: Arranged for Collateral and Supplementary Reading by Eleanor Alice Persons (1899)
"Mary Shepherd was the true ancestor of the minuteman of the Revolution. The minuteman of the Revolution! who was he? He was the husband, the father, ..."

3. U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's edited by Christopher Cox (1999)
"The warheads for which the PRC stole classified information include: the W-56 Minuteman ft ICBM; the W-62 Minuteman m ICBM; the W-70 Lance short-range ..."

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