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minute-man

minute-man is the alternative form of minute man.

Meaning of minute man

Noun

minute man (plural minute men)

  1. (historical) During the American War for Independence, a citizen-soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A man who reaches orgasm undesirably quickly during sexual intercourse.
  3. The cyclist starting one minute ahead of, or behind, another rider in a time trial.
    • I confess that the sight of my minute man ahead, getting closer and closer, gives me a little more drive even when I think I am going as fast as I can.1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials, page 136

Forms of minute-man

pluralminute-men

Questions about minute-man

What is minute-man the alternative form of?
Minute-man is the alternative form of minute man.

Words near minute-man in the dictionary

  1. minute repeaters
  2. minute steak
  3. minute steaks
  4. minute-jack
  5. minute-jacks
  6. minute-man
  7. minute-men
  8. minute-to-minute
  9. minuted
  10. minuteful
  11. minutefuls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minute-man (page history and authors); minute man (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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