Meanings
nounmidshipmite (plural midshipmites)
plural midshipmites
- archaicslangnauticalA little or petty midshipman.
CHAPTER VII. In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel, what might be called midshipmite compunction.
1836, [Frederick Marryat], “In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel, what might be called midshipmite compunction”, in Mr. Midshipman Easy […], volume III, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 127
Origin
Blend of midshipman + mite?
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Chicago
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