minuteman

An armed man pledged to be ready to fight on a minute’s notice just before and during the Revolutionary War in the United States.

A man ready at a minute’s notice; specifically, during the American revolutionary period, one of a class of enrolled militiamen who held themselves in readiness for instant service in arms whenever summoned.

A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment’s notice; — a term used in the American Revolution.

during the American War for Independence, a soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute’s notice

an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution

a strategic weapon system using a guided missile of intercontinental range; missiles are equipped with nuclear warheads and dispersed in hardened silos