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midshipman

Trainee naval officer.

In the US, a midshipman is a student in training for the rank of ensign, in particular one at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. In the British navy, a midshipman is a junior naval officer ranking just below sub-lieutenant.



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"They have arrived, lieutenant," exclaimed a young midshipman, "and they are doing what all travelers do when they arrive in a new country, taking a walk
It was a seaman, quite a little personage, so little as if he were a midshipman; but a midshipman it was not.
M'Donald had kept up the excitement during the voyage, so that not a midshipman but revelled in dreams of ample prize- money, nor a lieutenant that would have sold his chance for a thousand pounds.
 
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