able seaman : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: able seaman	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for able seaman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
able seaman n a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills Synonym(s): able seaman, able-bodied seaman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seaman \Sea"man\, n.; pl. {Seamen}. [AS. s[91]man.] One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to {landman}, or {landsman}. {Able seaman}, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship. {ordinary seaman}. See {Ordinary}.