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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 min·ute·man /ˈmɪnətˌmæn/
 獨立戰爭時立即應召的民兵

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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