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Midshipman vs Seaman - What's the difference?

midshipman | seaman |

As nouns the difference between midshipman and seaman

is that midshipman is an officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer while seaman is a mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.

midshipman

English

Noun

(wikipedia midshipman) (midshipmen)
  • (nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially , a trainee officer.
  • (nautical, uncountable) This officer rank.
  • A midshipman fish.
  • Derived terms

    * middie * midshipman fish * midshipmite

    seaman

    English

    Noun

    (seamen)
  • A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen ? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
  • (British, Navy) The lowest ranking in the Navy, below Able Seaman.
  • (US, Navy) An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
  • A merman; the male of the mermaid.
  • Not to mention mermaids or seamen. — .

    See also

    * ("seaman" on Wikipedia)