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Meaning of MINUTEMAN

Pronunciation:  'minit`man

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 Definition: [n]  an American militiaman prior to the Revolutionary War
 
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Minuteman
The former senator and member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee offers his suggestions for reforming the U.S. military. The increasing professionalization of the armed forces, according to Hart, has made them too expensive to be kept idle and has brought America into conflicts that it should not have entered. Hart suggests a radical reduction in the number of full-time troops, and their replacement by a larger core of reservists who will be called up for active duty only in emergencies.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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