able seaman

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noun

Also called able-bodied seaman. an experienced deck-department seaman qualified to perform routine sea duties.

(in the British Navy and on British and U.S. merchant ships) a rating between ordinary seaman and leading seaman or boatswain's mate. Abbreviation: A.B., AB

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Origin of able seaman

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby able seaman

abled, ableism, ablepharia, ablepsia, able rating, able seaman, abloom, A.B.L.S., abluent, ablush, abluted

How to use able seaman in a sentence

GIF-able when he goes jogging in sweatpants, if you know what I mean.
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The smallest version is backpack-able, the largest can carry a small radar, and all have endurance unlimited by fuel.
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“This strategy seemed do-able and brilliant,” Salem nonetheless wrote of the scuttled scheme in his self-review.
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Able-bodied people rarely notice the barriers that riddle the world which keep the disabled from participating in society.
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Brief as was this interchange of politenesses, it sufficed to knit together the souls of the seaman and the small boy.
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In the following December he returned to Manila disguised as a seaman, and stole ashore in the crowd of stevedore labourers.
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He was a former British seaman, and he offered his services to the colonies at this time in an attempt to raise a naval force.
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Once executed, the articles cannot be varied by a verbal agreement between master and seaman.
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So the days flew by, and the time came when sugar—the seaman's luxury in winter—began to run short.
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