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Meanings of able-bodied seaman in English

A seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills.

        Usage of able-bodied seaman in English
        1
        Here I'm educatin' you, makin' an able-bodied seaman out of you, son.
        The Vision Splendid
        2
        Can you give me a certificate as an able-bodied seaman?
        Roger Trewinion
        3
        He received consignments of food; short rations they would be, he judged, for an able-bodied seaman.
        The Stolen Singer
        4
        The able-bodied seaman points a warning finger at passing seafarers lest they mistake Tramore(...)
        The Irish Times
        5
        You are not an able-bodied seaman.
        The Adventures of a Forty-niner / An Historic Description of Cal...
        6
        One able-bodied seaman, busied with between-decks blubber, proved to be a medical man with degrees from two colleges.
        The New North
        7
        The able-bodied seaman goes to sea all his life, but he never gets any nearer navigating the ship-andhe a white man.
        With Edged Tools
        8
        It was to certify that "Tom Ayrton, able-bodied seaman, was engaged as quartermaster on board the three-mast vessel, the BRITANNIA, Glasgow."
        In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
        9
        His experience in the fishing boats was useful to him now, and he was soon able to do his work as an able-bodied seaman.
        With Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent
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