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able-bodied seaman

British

noun

Also: able seaman. Abbreviation: AB. a.b.. an ordinary seaman, esp one in the merchant navy, who has been trained in certain skills

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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

It was to certify that "Tom Ayrton, able-bodied seaman, was engaged as quartermaster on board the three-mast vessel, the BRITANNIA, Glasgow."

From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules

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