midshipman
noun
midshipman is a noun meaning “An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-I-D-S-H-I-P-M-A-N and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of midshipman is midshipmen.
What does midshipman mean?
noun
- 1
An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer.
- 2
A midshipman fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce midshipman?
Midshipman has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of midshipman
- midshipmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is midshipman?
Midshipman appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,230th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate midshipman?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of midshipman: Midn..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Midshipman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense officer of the lowest rank:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe |
| Portuguese | guarda-marinha, tenente de corveta |
| Spanish | guardiamarina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.