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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley