Minuteman

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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