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English Dictionary: Minuteman by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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