D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Minuteman

/mĭn'-ət-mănˌ/ · Min·ute·man · IPA /mˈɪnətmˌæn/
01 n. A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
pl. Minutemen
  1. 1.
    A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.