单词 | midshipmanship |
释义 | midshipmanshipn. The position or office of midshipman. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > midshipman > office of midshipmanship1789 1789 W. Cowper Let. 13 Dec. (1982) III. 322 I..rejoice with thee that thou hast succeeded in procuring a midshipmanship (there's a word for you!) for the poor young man in question. 1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 103 He was undergoing the preliminary ordeal of midshipmanship. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. vii. 123 Mrs. Rosamund Culling had a whole collection of photographs of him..from boyhood to midshipmanship and to manhood. 1958 William & Mary Q. 15 526 The myth that Washington's mother forbade him to accept a midshipmanship in the royal navy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789 |
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