midshipman:
(plural: ‘midshipmen’; female: ‘midshipwoman’)
a young man/a student who is training to become a naval officer, usually at a naval academy/school,
a happy midshipman
e.g.
My cousin is a midshipman; he will graduate from the naval academy this year and will soon become a naval officer.
It is said that there are some naval cadets who become midshipmen without formal examination.
The USNA, United States Navy Academy, passes strict orders on the discipline issues, especially of the midshipmen harassing the midshipwomen.
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(a plainfin midshipman fish)
Note: ‘Midshipman’ is also used to refer to a kind of fish that has light producing organs on the sides and underside of its body. For an article, with an audio clip, about the sounds made by the midshipman fish, please click here & for an article that explains why the midshipman fish make sounds, please click here.
