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able seaman
Variant of able-bodied seaman
able-bodied seaman
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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.
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