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English
Etymology
Blend of midshipman + mite?
Pronunciation
Noun
midshipmite (plural midshipmites)
- (nautical, slang, archaic) A little or petty midshipman.
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:CHAPTER VII. In which our hero and Gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves, and did feel, what might be called midshipmite compunction.