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US
/ˈmɪnətˌmæn/
]
[ UK /mˈɪnɪtmən/ ]
[ UK /mˈɪnɪtmən/ ]
NOUN
- a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos
- an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution
How To Use Minuteman In A Sentence
- This week, residents begin their own Minuteman movement to rid their city of illegal alien workers.
- The American hero is the cowboy: He is Maverick, he is Han Solo, he is Batman though, when Batman is in trouble, he turns on the Jack Bauer signal, he is the rag-tag minuteman fighting the well-trained Lobsterbacks. 24 And The War On Terror
- The first 10 Minuteman missiles were on combat alert in their underground silos by October 1962.
- In Massachusetts, for instance, a minuteman might enlist for the rest of 1775 in what became the Continental army, reenlist in 1776, again in 1777 for three years, again in 1780 for a year, and again in 1781 for the war.
- Starting in the late 1960s, it figured in the public debate over antimissile defenses and the survivability of the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile.
- For three summers he worked at the Thiokol Chemical Corporation helping design rocket engines for the Minuteman missile program.
- RAND PAUL DELIVERS MAIDEN SENATE SPEECH, COMPARES TEA PARTY TO ABOLITIONISTS - Despite the well-established fact that John Brown spent his years dressing up like a minuteman, proudly not voting for his senator and bringing his own collapsible lawn furniture to political rallies, Senator Rand Paul felt the need to reiterate his movement's similarity's to America's anti-slavery activists today. HUFFPOST HILL - HCR Repeal Measure Fails In Senate
- This spellbinding historical fantasy, first of a series, takes Proctor Brown, ready minuteman and reluctant witch, through the opening battles of the American Revolution. March 2nd, 2009
- The test warhead was carried on a modified Minuteman II missile launched 7,700 km away at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
- One I remember very well is the C-5 that carried the first minuteman missile to be launched from the rear of the plane. Alexandra Holzer: Mike Coletta: A True UFO Geek (VIDEO)