YourDictionary

midshipmen

Variant of midshipman

noun pl. midshipmen

  1. a student in training for the rank of ensign; specif., such a student at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis
  2. a junior British naval officer ranking between naval cadet and sublieutenant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

link/cite print suggestion box