Crossword-Solution: MIDSHIPMAN
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| Midshipman | n. | 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. |
| Midshipman | n. | 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. |
| Midshipman | n. | In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign. |
| Midshipman | n. | An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “MIDSHIPMAN”
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| Naval academy student in training | 1 answer |
| Naval student | 1 answer |
| Roger Staubach, once | 1 answer |
| formerly, the title of a young officer (orig quartered amidships) entering the navy | 1 answer |
| U.S.N.A. student | 3 answers |
| Middy. | 4 answers |
| LUMINESCENT fish | 4 answers |
| A TEMPORARY RANK HELD BY YOUNG NAVAL OFFICERS IN TRAINING | 11 answers |
| Reefer. | 11 answers |
| ANNAPOLIS student | 12 answers |
| ___ cadet | 12 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this
application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir
J. Davies.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
"Delicious!"
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Sentences with MIDSHIPMAN (5)
Und Owgooste, he is soh smart also, yes, eh? He has der genius for machines, always making somethun mit wheels und sbrings.” “Ah, if--if--I had children,” murmured the little old maid a trifle wistfully, “one would have been a sailor; he would have begun as a midshipman on my brother's ship; in time he would have been an officer.
The first and second officers and a midshipman had shared the fate of the quarter-boat; of the foremast hands saved, not one, of course, could give the slightest hint as to the locality of the spot.
After two years at sea, if the boy passed his examination, he mounted the white patch, and became a midshipman.
This was a midshipman at Moscow, named Cruckoff, who, he was assured, was without an equal in the MANAGEMENT of cards, and the knowledge of Quizze--then the fashionable court game--and that at which the Duke of Biran had lost his money.
Also _Midshipman Easy_, _Kingsburn_, Carlyle’s _French Revolution_, Motley’s _Dutch Republic_, Lang’s _Letters on Literature_, a complete set of my works, _Jenkin_, in duplicate; also _Familiar Studies_, ditto.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1977–1981).