[min-it-man] 
| 1. | (sometimes lowercase ) 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. | a 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. |
| min·ute·man (mĭn'ĭt-mān') n. An armed man pledged to be ready to fight on a minute's notice just before and during the Revolutionary War in the United States. |