able-bodied seaman

British

noun

Also: able seaman. Abbreviation: AB. a.b.. an ordinary seaman, esp one in the merchant navy, who has been trained in certain skills

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WSF estimates it needs to fill nearly 100 deck officer and able-bodied seaman positions each year in perpetuity.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

She’ll start as an able-bodied seaman and progress to mate and then captain.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023

U.S. shippers pay an able-bodied seaman a basic wage of $260 to $270 a month v.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later he went to Holland disguised as Peter Mikhailov, able-bodied seaman, there took a job in shipyards and learned how to warp gnarled oak into clean ship shape with his own hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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