Usually means: Experienced sailor, proficient in seamanship.
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  1. able seaman: Merriam-Webster
  2. able seaman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. able seaman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. able seaman: Collins English Dictionary
  5. able seaman: Vocabulary.com
  6. able seaman: Wordnik
  7. able seaman: Wiktionary
  8. able seaman: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Able seaman, able seaman: Dictionary.com
  10. Able Seaman (occupation), Able Seaman (rank), Able Seaman, Able seaman (rank), Able seaman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. able seaman: Rhymezone
  12. able seaman: FreeDictionary.org
  13. able seaman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. able seaman: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. able seaman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  16. able seaman: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Able Seaman (rank), able seaman: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (able seaman)

▸ noun:  (nautical) Synonym of able-bodied seaman.

Similar:
able-bodied seaman, a.b., seaman, ordinary seaman, able rating, seaman apprentice, lifeboatsman, shipman, sailor, bosun, more...

Opposite:
landlubber, landman, landsman, non-mariner

Types:
ordinary seaman, boatswain's mate, quartermaster, gunner's mate, yeoman, more...

Phrases:
able bodied seaman, more...

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Similar:
able-bodied seaman, a.b., seaman, ordinary seaman, able rating, seaman apprentice, lifeboatsman, shipman, sailor, bosun, more...

Opposite:
landlubber, landman, landsman, non-mariner

Types:
ordinary seaman, boatswain's mate, quartermaster, gunner's mate, yeoman, more...

Phrases:
able bodied seaman, more...



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