subs. (colloquial).—A diminutive midshipman.
1833. MARRYAT, Peter Simple, I. x. ‘Clap on here, Peg,’ cried the woman to another, ‘and let’s have this little MIDSHIPMITE; I vants a baby to dry nurse.’
1877. W. S. GILBERT, Bab Ballads, ‘Yarn of the Nancy Bell.’ A bosun tight and a MIDSHIPMITE.
