minuteman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Minuteman
    n 1: an American militiaman prior to and during the American
         Revolution
    2: a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of
       intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear
       warheads and dispersed in hardened silos

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Minuteman \Min"ute*man\, n.; pl. {Minutemen}.
   A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's
   notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
   [1913 Webster]

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