'Able seaman' definitions:
Definition of 'able seaman'
(from WordNet)
noun
A seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills [syn: able seaman, able-bodied seaman]
Definition of 'Able seaman'
From: GCIDE
- Seaman \Sea"man\, n.; pl. Seamen. [AS. saeman.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Able seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship.
- Ordinary seaman. See Ordinary. [1913 Webster]