Midshipman
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Corresponds in the navy to cadet in the army. A youth employed on board ship of war; -whose duties are chiefly to transmit and second the orders of the officers; and to render any general service within his powers that may be required; but understood to be in training to receive a commission. A passed midshipman is one wlio has sustained an examination, and is qualified for appointment to a lieutenancy.