| 单词 | white paper candidate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhite Paper candidate White Paper candidate n. British Navy slang a candidate suitable for a temporary Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve commission. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > reserve rocky1919 White Paper candidate1944 1944 G. Winn Home from Sea i. 55 I was no longer one of them. Not completely so. I was a White Paper candidate. 1950 J. L. Kerr & D. James Wavy Navy 255 These ratings had been earmarked as suitable ‘White Paper’ candidates by their Commanding Officers and recommended to the Admiralty. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 132/2 White Paper candidate, candidate for a temporary (wartime) commission in the RNVR. The White Paper was passed in Parliament for a scheme of promotion for suitable ratings who had served on the lower deck for at least three months in a ship at sea in time of war. < as lemmas |
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