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Definition of Minutemen
1. minuteman [n] - See also: minuteman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minutemen
Literary usage of Minutemen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Military Policy of the United States by Emory Upton (1912)
"Such of the minutemen as desired it were to be relieved by drafts from the whole
... This organization of one-fourth of the militia as •' minutemen " is ..."
2. Public School Methods (1916)
"The minutemen (To be given by ten boys, each wearing a continential hat and
carrying a flag. ... First Brave minutemen are we Who stood at rise of sun, ..."
3. The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by Hélène Adeline Guerber (1898)
"THE minutemen. UPON hearing the news of the Boston Tea Party Parliament made five
harsh laws to punish the Bos- tonians. These were that no ships should be ..."
4. Public Speaking: Principles and Practice by Irvah Lester Winter (1912)
"THE minutemen OF THE REVOLUTION Reprinted, with permission, from " The Orations
and Addresses of George William Curtis," Vol. III. ..."
5. A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution by Sons of the American Revolution (1902)
"Brigade; great-grandson of John (and Esther Wood) Thurston, private Whitcomb's Regt.
of Mass. minutemen; great-grandson of Joseph Fairbanks, private Mass. ..."
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