minutemann.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnɪtman/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnᵻtˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural minutemen.

Forms: see minute n.¹ and man n.¹ Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: minute n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: < minute n.¹ + man n.¹, presumably with reference to the militiaman's readiness for military duty ‘at a minute's warning’.

1. Chiefly U.S.

a. A member of a class of militiamen who held themselves ready for immediate military service during the American revolutionary period (c1774–83). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > militiaman > specific

miquelet1670

minuteman1774

landwehr man1866

khassadar1901

somatenist1928

requeté1936

miliciano1938

militiaman1939

Basij1982

Basiji1982

1774 Pennsylvania Gaz. 28 Dec. 1/3 Each of the minute men, not already provided therewith, should be immediately equipped with an effective fire-arm, bayonet, pouch, knapsack, thirty rounds of cartridges and ball.

1775 C. Beekman Let. 12 Nov. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 28 The Minit men from Peeks Skill took Green and Cais, a monday 6^th and Carried them to the kills before the Commity. in number about a hundred.

1838 Southern Literary Messenger Apr. 215/2 The raw and ill-formed masses of men, who under the varied names of sons of Liberty, minute men, volunteers and levies, presented the bulk without the order.

a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ii. 43 Ample fireplaces, where once the minute-men had swung their kettles.

1949 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 5 Mar. 12/4 If the idea is to re-enact some episode of history, why not trick out five or six Redcoats and..Minutemen.

1985 J. M. Roberts Triumph of West ix. 283 The legendary ‘Minuteman’: the colonial militiaman supposedly ready at a minute's notice, commemorated on the site of the 1775 skirmish at Lexington.

b. In extended use: a member of any of various military groups or (occasionally) political organizations.Many U.S. organizations of a more or less military nature have been named after the minutemen of the revolutionary period, notably various groups formed to protect the interests of the southern United States at the time of the American Civil War. From about the middle of the 20th cent. names of this type became increasingly associated with right-wing militias.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > person interested in politics > political activist

minuteman1794

activist1920

Yippie1968

Zippie1968

struggle royalty2003

1794 H. Knox Let. 14 July in G. Washington Papers (2011) Presidential Ser. XVI. 348 Five hundred of the Minute Men of Georgia and One thousand five hundred of South Carolina..to be designated by the President to march against and disperse any body of Men who may be established on the said Indian lands.

1859 De Bow's Rev. May 515 A company of volunteers was organized by Capt. Geo. M. Dolson, one of Deaf Smith's rangers, and then captain of minute-men.

1860 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 2 Nov. 1/6 The formation of companies of ‘Minute Men’ has actually begun.

1887 Cent. Mag. Apr. 848/1 Some of the young men, though they wore the blue cockade, did not align themselves with the minute-men.

1923 Minute Men of Constitution Roster (inside front cover) The Minute Men of the Constitution is a non-partisan association, organized to obtain delegates from Illinois to the Republican and Democratic State and National Conventions... The above is a movement for good government.

1929 J. F. Dobie Vaquero of Brush Country 76 These minutemen were never enrolled by the state, but if rangers deserve a pension some of the minutemen deserve it also.

1964 D. Bell Radical Right i. 4 Extreme fanatic groups, such as the Minutemen, who organized ‘guerilla-warfare seminars’, complete with rifles and mortars, in preparation for the day when patriots would have to take to the hills to organize resistance against a Communist-run America.

1976 J. E. Weems Death Song iii. 39 Like his fellow tribesmen, he feared the frontier minutemen known as Texas Rangers, whose weapons always seemed to be loaded and unerringly aimed.

c. gen. A person likened to a minuteman; someone ready to take swift action on behalf of a cause.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [noun] > one who is vigilant

watch-woman1638

vigilant1822

minuteman1961

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > energy or enterprise > one who is enterprising

rusher1839

rustler1865

go-getter1901

self-starter1913

thruster1925

minuteman1961

1863 J. Weiss Life T. Parker I. 11 The same old cause, whose minute-men are again first in the field [1861].

1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 23 Oct. 3/1 An appeal went out for minute-men to tap the moneybags in their own localities.

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Minuteman, one who resembles a Revolutionary minuteman esp. in qualities of vigilance and readiness to take prompt action.

1993 Nation 19 Apr. 505/1 David Koresh, maximum leader of the Branch Davidians, a latter-day minuteman who symbolizes all the values for which the N.R.A. [= National Rifle Association] stands.

2. In form Minuteman. A type of three-stage intercontinental ballistic missile. More fully Minuteman missile.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of

loon1947

seeker1949

Honest John1952

Nike1952

heat-seeker1956

anti-ballistic missile1957

Polaris1957

Pershing1958

SAM1958

cruise missile1959

sea-cat1959

minuteman1961

ABM1963

lance1964

Exocet1970

trident1972

MX missile1973

stinger1975

cruise1976

tomahawk1976

silo buster1977

Euromissile1979

Brilliant Pebbles1988

1961 Daily Tel. 2 Feb. 1/4 The American Air Force achieved a spectacular advance today when it launched the first Minuteman missile.

1971 E. Luttwak Dict. Mod. War 130/1 The Minuteman series are three-stage missiles with solid-propellant motors designed as simplified and low-cost weapons for launching from ‘hard’ silo sites. They need very brief pre-launch preparation.

1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek Nucl. Amer. xiii. 404 Minuteman's credibility as a viable element in the so-called strategic triad would have to be assured.

1991 Economist 5 Oct. 47/3 The 450 single-warhead Minuteman missiles..are also coming off alert.

2000 U.S. News & World Rep. 24 Jan. 24/1 Technicians will watch anxiously as satellites..try to guide an ‘interceptor’ missile from Kwajalein atoll in the western Pacific toward the Minuteman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	minuteman
释义	minutemann. Brit. /ˈmɪnɪtman/, U.S. /ˈmɪnᵻtˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural minutemen. Forms: see minute n.¹ and man n.¹ Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: minute n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: < minute n.¹ + man n.¹, presumably with reference to the militiaman's readiness for military duty ‘at a minute's warning’. 1. Chiefly U.S. a. A member of a class of militiamen who held themselves ready for immediate military service during the American revolutionary period (c1774–83). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > militiaman > specific miquelet1670 minuteman1774 landwehr man1866 khassadar1901 somatenist1928 requeté1936 miliciano1938 militiaman1939 Basij1982 Basiji1982 1774 Pennsylvania Gaz. 28 Dec. 1/3 Each of the minute men, not already provided therewith, should be immediately equipped with an effective fire-arm, bayonet, pouch, knapsack, thirty rounds of cartridges and ball. 1775 C. Beekman Let. 12 Nov. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 28 The Minit men from Peeks Skill took Green and Cais, a monday 6^th and Carried them to the kills before the Commity. in number about a hundred. 1838 Southern Literary Messenger Apr. 215/2 The raw and ill-formed masses of men, who under the varied names of sons of Liberty, minute men, volunteers and levies, presented the bulk without the order. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ii. 43 Ample fireplaces, where once the minute-men had swung their kettles. 1949 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 5 Mar. 12/4 If the idea is to re-enact some episode of history, why not trick out five or six Redcoats and..Minutemen. 1985 J. M. Roberts Triumph of West ix. 283 The legendary ‘Minuteman’: the colonial militiaman supposedly ready at a minute's notice, commemorated on the site of the 1775 skirmish at Lexington. b. In extended use: a member of any of various military groups or (occasionally) political organizations.Many U.S. organizations of a more or less military nature have been named after the minutemen of the revolutionary period, notably various groups formed to protect the interests of the southern United States at the time of the American Civil War. From about the middle of the 20th cent. names of this type became increasingly associated with right-wing militias. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > person interested in politics > political activist minuteman1794 activist1920 Yippie1968 Zippie1968 struggle royalty2003 1794 H. Knox Let. 14 July in G. Washington Papers (2011) Presidential Ser. XVI. 348 Five hundred of the Minute Men of Georgia and One thousand five hundred of South Carolina..to be designated by the President to march against and disperse any body of Men who may be established on the said Indian lands. 1859 De Bow's Rev. May 515 A company of volunteers was organized by Capt. Geo. M. Dolson, one of Deaf Smith's rangers, and then captain of minute-men. 1860 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 2 Nov. 1/6 The formation of companies of ‘Minute Men’ has actually begun. 1887 Cent. Mag. Apr. 848/1 Some of the young men, though they wore the blue cockade, did not align themselves with the minute-men. 1923 Minute Men of Constitution Roster (inside front cover) The Minute Men of the Constitution is a non-partisan association, organized to obtain delegates from Illinois to the Republican and Democratic State and National Conventions... The above is a movement for good government. 1929 J. F. Dobie Vaquero of Brush Country 76 These minutemen were never enrolled by the state, but if rangers deserve a pension some of the minutemen deserve it also. 1964 D. Bell Radical Right i. 4 Extreme fanatic groups, such as the Minutemen, who organized ‘guerilla-warfare seminars’, complete with rifles and mortars, in preparation for the day when patriots would have to take to the hills to organize resistance against a Communist-run America. 1976 J. E. Weems Death Song iii. 39 Like his fellow tribesmen, he feared the frontier minutemen known as Texas Rangers, whose weapons always seemed to be loaded and unerringly aimed. c. gen. A person likened to a minuteman; someone ready to take swift action on behalf of a cause. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [noun] > one who is vigilant watch-woman1638 vigilant1822 minuteman1961 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > energy or enterprise > one who is enterprising rusher1839 rustler1865 go-getter1901 self-starter1913 thruster1925 minuteman1961 1863 J. Weiss Life T. Parker I. 11 The same old cause, whose minute-men are again first in the field [1861]. 1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 23 Oct. 3/1 An appeal went out for minute-men to tap the moneybags in their own localities. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Minuteman, one who resembles a Revolutionary minuteman esp. in qualities of vigilance and readiness to take prompt action. 1993 Nation 19 Apr. 505/1 David Koresh, maximum leader of the Branch Davidians, a latter-day minuteman who symbolizes all the values for which the N.R.A. [= National Rifle Association] stands. 2. In form Minuteman. A type of three-stage intercontinental ballistic missile. More fully Minuteman missile. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of loon1947 seeker1949 Honest John1952 Nike1952 heat-seeker1956 anti-ballistic missile1957 Polaris1957 Pershing1958 SAM1958 cruise missile1959 sea-cat1959 minuteman1961 ABM1963 lance1964 Exocet1970 trident1972 MX missile1973 stinger1975 cruise1976 tomahawk1976 silo buster1977 Euromissile1979 Brilliant Pebbles1988 1961 Daily Tel. 2 Feb. 1/4 The American Air Force achieved a spectacular advance today when it launched the first Minuteman missile. 1971 E. Luttwak Dict. Mod. War 130/1 The Minuteman series are three-stage missiles with solid-propellant motors designed as simplified and low-cost weapons for launching from ‘hard’ silo sites. They need very brief pre-launch preparation. 1984 G. H. Clarfield & W. M. Wiecek Nucl. Amer. xiii. 404 Minuteman's credibility as a viable element in the so-called strategic triad would have to be assured. 1991 Economist 5 Oct. 47/3 The 450 single-warhead Minuteman missiles..are also coming off alert. 2000 U.S. News & World Rep. 24 Jan. 24/1 Technicians will watch anxiously as satellites..try to guide an ‘interceptor’ missile from Kwajalein atoll in the western Pacific toward the Minuteman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1774
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