man of the moment—(also: man of the day) an outstanding man of his time:
- Gabriel Deshayes was “a man of the moment,” extremely sensitive to the immense needs of his contemporaries, especially the poor.
minuteman —(hist.) a volunteer soldier in the American Revolutionary War (pledged to be ready to fight at a minute’s notice):
- Salem was among the Minutemen who fought in the Battle of Concord, on April 19, 1775.