able-bodied seaman

English

Alternative forms

• able seaman
• AB, a.b. (abbreviations)

Noun

able-bodied seaman (plural able-bodied seamen)

1. (nautical) A seaman, especially one in the merchant navy, who has been trained or certified in all routine duties; a member of the Royal Navy rated between ordinary seaman and leading seaman or boatswain's mate.

Translations

seaman who has been trained in certain skills

• Dutch: volmatroos m
• Finnish: ylimatruusi (fi)
• German: Vollmatrose m
• Hebrew: מַלָּח כָּשִׁיר (he) m (malakh kashir)
• Polish: mat (pl) m
• Romanian: marinar brevetat m

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• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} thuỷ thủ hạng nhất