midshipman
15
8.4
- noun
- /ˈmɪdʃɪpmən/
- Specialized
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- I'm going to be a midshipman on his Majesty's ship
- plainfin midshipman
And in this case, hundreds of midshipmen made the choice to go against their moral or ethical relevance.
- And in this case, hundreds of midshipmen made the choice to go against their moral or ethical relevance.
Examples
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After completing his initial training at Royal Naval College Dartmouth, he joined the battleship HMS Ramillies as a midshipman during the early stages of World War II.
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He's a midshipman... on a destroyer.
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I am a Midshipman. - I think you are wonderful.
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Who was the youngest midshipman, and how old was he?
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I have received this report on Midshipman Arthur Clayton.
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And the sailor's name is Midshipman Abernathy.
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To give us a little more insight into the Midshipman football program, we talk to Bill Wagner of the Annapolis Capital.
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And if I could add this, you know that the first day at the military school in New York, the first word we are taught as young midshipmen is mission.
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I must've graduated from Annapolis with the second most demerits of any midshipman in the history of the Naval Academy.
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After completing his training, he was promoted to the rank of midshipman in the U.S. Navy.
Synonyms
318
3.9
A young person training to become an officer in the armed forces
16
3.7
A person who commands ships or sailors in a navy
A young person training to be an officer in the navy
A woman training to be a navy officer holding a junior rank
How Senior
- Specialized
614
5.8
- UK
1
9.6
- Specialized
15
8.4
318
3.9
1
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word midshipman comes from the parts mid- and ship, where mid- means 'middle', as in midday, and ship is the boat. So a midshipman was originally a young sailor who worked in the middle of the ship, and today the word means a junior naval officer in training.