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☆ minute·man (min′it man′)

noun pl. minutemen -·men′ (-men′)

any of the members of the American citizen army at the time of the American Revolution who volunteered to be ready for military service at a minute's notice

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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