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单词 minuteman
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Min•ute•man  (minit man′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -men. 
  1. American History(sometimes l.c.) a member of a group of American militiamen just before and during the Revolutionary War who held themselves in readiness for instant military service.
  2. a U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile with three stages, powered by solid-propellant rocket engines.
  3. World Historya member of a small, secret, ultraconservative organization formed into armed groups for the declared purpose of conducting guerrilla warfare against a communist invasion of the U.S.
  • minute1 + man1 1765–75, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Minuteman /ˈmɪnɪtˌmæn/ n ( pl -men)
  1. (sometimes not capital) (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
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