What is "midshipwoman"

Usage examples of "midshipwoman".

Web suspected the midshipwoman had a quiet case of hero worship for the captain, even if she'd be caught dead before admitting it.

Lieutenant Hearns had even had to leave Hawk-Papa-Two in the hands of the flight engineer in order to bring Ragnhild along, and she'd never have done that unless she'd wanted the midshipwoman here for a specific purpose.

Fifty-five hundred midshipmen and midshipwomen came to attention, eyes front, shoulders square, spines ramrod straight, thumbs on trouser seams, and she looked back at them unblinkingly.

Unlike some midshipwomen, she thought, she hadn't been invited to eat there no less than three times in the last week.

In fact, she just barely fitted into it, and she suspected that it had been designed specifically as a convenient niche for midshipwomen, since she doubted anyone much larger than that could have been crammed into the available space.

It wasn't quite as good a position as it had seemed from below, but the rough boulder offered at least some cover, as well as a rest for her weapon, and she rolled up into position, thanking the Marine instructors who had insisted on drilling even midshipwomen in the rudiments of marksmanship.

Fifty-five hundred midshipmen and midshipwomen came to attention, eyes front, shoulders square, spines ramrod-straight, thumbs on trouser seams, and she looked back at them unblinkingly.

In that time, he's had the opportunity to see more midshipmen and midshipwomen than you've seen dinners.

That was the major reason Saganami Island relentlessly stressed traditions and procedures which forced midshipmen and midshipwomen to deal with one another, and with their superiors and instructors, face to face, in the flesh.

Abigail was an excellent pilot, but she knew she wasn't in Ragnhild's league when it came to natural ability, and she was perfectly prepared to let the midshipwoman have the stick.

Commander FitzGerald said, smiling openly at the midshipwoman, and a general chuckle ran around the table.