Associations to the word «Minuteman»

Wiktionary

MINUTEMAN, noun. During the American War for Independence, a soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice

Dictionary definition

MINUTEMAN, noun. An American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution.
MINUTEMAN, noun. A strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke