Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- 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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man ready at a minute's notice; specifically, during the American revolutionary period, one of a class of enrolled militiamen who held themselves in readiness for instant service in arms whenever summoned.
Wiktionary
- n. during the American War for Independence, a soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution
- n. a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos
Examples
“Or to put the point more piquantly, one person's minuteman is another person's mujahideen.”
“The American hero is the cowboy: He is Maverick, he is Han Solo, he is Batman though, when Batman is in trouble, he turns on the Jack Bauer signal, he is the rag-tag minuteman fighting the well-trained Lobsterbacks.”
“Mitchell (Sonny) English is a "minuteman" for the Illinois Department of Transportation, who considers his 9 p. m.-to-5 a.m. tour "the best shift going.”
“If people don't stand up to these 'minuteman', or as we in San Diego like to call them, MInutemen ...”
“The "minuteman" reference clearly has a militaristic ring, and it reflects Glenn Beck's casting of himself as a modern-day version of Thomas Paine.”
“One I remember very well is the C-5 that carried the first minuteman missile to be launched from the rear of the plane.”
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“As timely as a minuteman showing up to Concord at the Old North Bridge.”
“This spellbinding historical fantasy, first of a series, takes Proctor Brown, ready minuteman and reluctant witch, through the opening battles of the American Revolution.”
“RAND PAUL DELIVERS MAIDEN SENATE SPEECH, COMPARES TEA PARTY TO ABOLITIONISTS - Despite the well-established fact that John Brown spent his years dressing up like a minuteman, proudly not voting for his senator and bringing his own collapsible lawn furniture to political rallies, Senator Rand Paul felt the need to reiterate his movement's similarity's to America's anti-slavery activists today.”
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“Proctor Brown is a minuteman - and a witch, with power inherited from his mother.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘minuteman’.
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Man
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Words from newspaper names/titles. Not the place names or titles of specific publications, just the reusable bits.
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Watchmen (2009)
Words from 2009 'Watchmen' film.
adversary, certitude, deterrent, stockpile, posturing, minuteman, vigilante, toss, flip, spook, carcass, tread and 174 more...
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