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Minutemen

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1. Armed American civilians who were active in the Revolutionary War and in the period just preceding the war. They were named Minutemen because they were ready to fight alongside regular soldiers at a moment's notice. The Minutemen of Massachusetts were especially well known. (See Battle of Lexington and Concord.)

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During the cold war, the name “Minuteman” was given to a United States missile held ready for launching in the event of a nuclear attack.

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The punk band Minutemen titled 1984’s “Double Nickels on the Dime” in response to “I Can’t Drive 55.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

Rat was doing sound at the club Safari Sam’s in Huntington Beach in the mid-1980s when the Minutemen were onstage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

The Minutemen are 50 years old, and while they’ve been modified many times, they will probably need to be mothballed someday.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2024

Minutemen III silo fields are based at Malmstrom, F.E.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

But the engineers also spent time designing strategic rockets under defense contracts, something perhaps less politically correct to advertise: Trident missiles, ICBMs, Minutemen.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel