MIDSHIPMAN
\mˈɪdʃɪpmən], \mˈɪdʃɪpmən], \m_ˈɪ_d_ʃ_ɪ_p_m_ə_n]\
Definitions of MIDSHIPMAN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.
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In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign.
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An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish.
By Oddity Software
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In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.
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In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign.
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An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish.
By Noah Webster.
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A naval cadet, or youth in training for a naval officer's commission; one whose rank is next below that of ensign.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A naval cadet or officer whose rank is intermediate between the common seamen and the superior officers.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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