(in the War of American Independence) a colonial militiaman who promised to be ready to fight at one minute's notice
2.
a US three-stage intercontinental ballistic missile
minuteman in American English
(ˈmɪnɪtˌmæn)
US
nounWord forms: pluralˈminuteˌmen (ˈmɪnətˌmɛn)
[alsoM-]
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