midshipmanshipn.
/ˈmɪdʃɪpmənʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˌʃɪpmənˌʃɪp/, /ˌmɪdˈʃɪpmənˌʃɪp/ The position or office of midshipman.
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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).
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