midshipman

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She says it was because she refused to name a fellow midshipman who did cheat.

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

“It doesn’t matter how fast that first boat came in. It’s the time of the last boat that counts,” noted Morgan Sheehy, 19, a third-class midshipman from Minneapolis.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2022

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