Midshipman

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Singing \Sing"ing\,
     a. & n. from {Sing}, v.
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     {Singing bird}. (Zool.)
     (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.


     (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
  
     {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book
        of tunes.
  
     {Singing falcon} or {Singing hawk}. (Zool.) See {Chanting
        falcon}, under {Chanting}.
  
     {Singing fish} (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
        porosissimus}), called also {midshipman}; -- so called
        because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
        
  
     {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
        gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
        air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
        apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}.
  
     {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music.
  
     {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in
        singing.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Middy \Mid"dy\, n.; pl. {Middies}.
     A colloquial abbreviation of {midshipman}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Midshipman \Mid"ship`man\, n.; pl. {Midshipmen}.
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     1.
        (a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war,
            whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports,
            etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and
            those of the forecastle, and render other services as
            required.
        (b) In the English naval service, the second rank attained
            by a combatant officer after a term of service as
            naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in
            this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible
            to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.
        (c) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of
            officers in line of promotion, being students or
            graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to
            the rank of ensign.
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     2. (Zool.) An American marine fish of the genus {Porichthys},
        allied to the toadfish; also called {singingfish}.
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     {Cadet midshipman}, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet
        line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval
        Academy. See under {Cadet}.
  
     {Cadet midshipman}, formerly, a naval cadet who had served
        his time, passed his examinations, and was awaiting
        promotion; -- now called, in the United States,
        {midshipman}; in England, {sublieutenant}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  midshipman
       n : a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "midshipman":
     Naval Reservist, Royal Marine, Seabee, bluejacket, boot, cadet,
     freshman, frogman, gob, horse marine, jolly, junior, marine,
     midshipmite, naval cadet, navy man, plebe, senior, soph, sophomore,
     swabbie, undergrad, undergraduate, upperclassman