able seaman

Variant of able-bodied seaman

able-bodied seaman definition

able-bodied seaman

a trained merchant seaman, more highly skilled than, and ranking above, an ordinary seaman
also able seaman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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