独立战争时立即应召的民兵
Minuteman \Min"ute*man\, n.; pl. {Minutemen}.
A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's
notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
Minuteman
n 1: an American militiaman prior to and during the American
Revolution
2: a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of
intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear
warheads and dispersed in hardened silos