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Webster 1913 Edition
Able-bodied
Aˊble-bod′ied
,Adj.
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
“Able-bodied vagrant.” Froude.
– Aˊble-bod′ied-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Able-bodied
A'BLE-BODIED
,Adj.
Definition 2024
able-bodied
able-bodied
English
Adjective
able-bodied (comparative more able-bodied, superlative most able-bodied)
- Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service.
- 1893, Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada:
- A servant determinately idle, leaving his work, or an able-bodied vagrant, roaming the country without means of honest self-support and without seeking employment, was to be brought before the two nearest magistrates.
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- (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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Translations
having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust