able-bodied seaman
Britishnoun
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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
Bill Yawl at your service, an old man-o’-war’s man, able-bodied seaman, bo’s’n, and ship’s carpenter, anything you like sir.
From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by Westall, William
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