Midshipman
English Meaning
Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required.
- A student training to be a commissioned naval officer, especially a student at a naval academy.
- Any of various fishes of the genus Porichthys, having several rows of light-producing organs along their bodies.