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able seaman

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able seaman
n.
An experienced seaman certified to perform all routine duties at sea. Also called able-bodied seaman.
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Noun1.able seamanable seaman - a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
able-bodied seaman
Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor
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able(-bodied) seaman
n → Vollmatrose m


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The noble boy in the ancestral boots, was inconsistent; representing himself, as it were in one breath, as an able seaman, a strolling actor, a grave-digger, a clergyman, and a person of the utmost importance at a Court fencing-match, on the authority of whose practised eye and nice discrimination the finest strokes were judged.
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