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midshipman

[mid-ship-muhn, mid-ship-] / ˈmɪdˌʃɪp mən, mɪdˈʃɪp- /
NOUN
cadet
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Before midshipman Lincoln Hedberg steps off the bandstand and the Herndon Climb ends, he takes the microphone and sings “Navy Blue & Gold,” USNA’s alma mater.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

More than 125 of Ms. Sherrill’s fellow midshipman were implicated in the Navy’s investigation, and 24 were expelled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

It’s not just that midshipman fish are easier to capture than actual sailors.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2024

For talkative midshipman fish -- sometimes called the "California singing fish" -- the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning of sounds used in vocal communication.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024

His elder half-brother, Lawrence, who had been a British officer, saw to it that George was accepted as a midshipman in the Royal Navy.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

Naval Academy, having deemed GPS dependable, stopped teaching midshipmen celestial navigation—the discipline of fixing a ship’s position based on timed sightings of the sun and the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Are you ready to be plebes no more?” he asks the midshipmen.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

The navy did not want its midshipmen wasting their time on such frivolities.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

A retired Navy commander organized an effort to make the banned books available to midshipmen.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025

At a half mile, Washington continued to lead by about the same margin, with Syracuse just behind them and the midshipmen of Navy, on their outside, just a few feet behind Syracuse.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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