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Able-bodied

//ˈeɪ.bl̩ˌbɑ.did// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Not disabled; having no physical disability.

    "Unfair discrimination between the able-bodied and the disabled is illegal in many places."

  3. 3
    Capable of performing all requisite duties as a seaman, specifically in the Royal Navy, a rating between leading and ordinary.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a strong healthy body wordnet

Etymology

From able body + -ed.

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