Able-bodied Definition

ābəl-bŏdēd
bodied
adjective
Not physically disabled; strong and healthy.
American Heritage
Healthy and strong.
Webster's New World

Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service.

Able-bodied vagrant. - Froude.
Wiktionary

(nautical) Capable of performing all requisite duties, as a seaman, specifically in the Royal Navy a rating between leading and ordinary.

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Able-bodied Sentence Examples

  • If you know a couple able-bodied people, this could save you some money.

  • He no longer questioned the need for such a trained, disciplined army, or the absence of able-bodied men within the city's walls.

  • He also passed that year an Act enforcing military training upon all able-bodied citizens.

  • Compulsory service with the colors is in Germany no longer universal, as there are twice as many able-bodied men presented by the recruiting commissions as the active army can absorb.

  • But these figures do not represent the actual service of every able-bodied Italian.

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