Able Seaman

Definition: Able Seaman

1. A seaman in the merchant navy; trained in special skills.

Specialty Definition: Able Seaman

Domain	Definition
Occupations	Performs following tasks on board ship to watch for obstructions in vessel's path and to maintain equipment and structures: Stands watch at bow or on wing of bridge to look for obstructions in path of vessel. Measures depth of water in shallow or unfamiliar waters, using leadline, and telephones or shouts information to bridge. Turns wheel on bridge or uses emergency steering apparatus to steer vessel as directed by MATE, SHIP (water trans.). Breaks out, rigs, overhauls, and stows cargo-handling gear, stationary rigging, and running gear. Overhauls lifeboats and lifeboat gear and lowers or raises lifeboats with winch or falls. Paints and chips rust on deck or superstructure of ship. Must hold certificate issued by U.S. Government. When working aboard vessels carrying liquid cargoes, must hold tanker operator's certificate. May stow or remove cargo from ship's hold [STEVEDORE (water trans.) II]. May be concerned with only one phase of duties, as maintenance of ship's gear and decks or watch duties, and be known as Deckhand, Maintenance (water trans.); Watchstander (water trans.). (references)
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Synonyms within Context: Able Seaman

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Mariner	Noun: sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer, seafaring man; dock walloper; tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A. B.; man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy; skipper; shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman; bargee, gondolier; oar, oarsman; rower; boatswain, coxswain; steersman, pilot; crew.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: Able Seaman

Domain	Title
Books	Able Seaman (Passbook Series) (reference) Able Seaman, Deckhand-Scowman, (reference) James Durand, an able seaman of 1812; his adventures on "Old ironsides" and as an impressed sailor in the British navy (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Able Seaman

Modern Translation: Able Seaman

Language		Translations for "able seaman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		vollmatrose. (various references)

Greek		πτυχιούχοσ ναύτησ. (various references)

Pig Latin		ableay eamansay.(various references)

Swedish		matros (Jack, rating, sailor, seaman). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Able Seaman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-e-e-l-m-n-s"
	-2 letters: amenable, nameable.
	-3 letters: amebean, baleens, baseman, basemen, bemeans, benames, enables, enamels, namable.
	-4 letters: abeles, ambles, amebae, ameban, amebas, anabas, aneles, baleen, balsam, bemean, bename, blames, enable, enamel, enemas, lebens, lemans, measle, mensae, mensal, salaam, seaman, seamen.
	-5 letters: abase, abeam, abele, ables, alane, alans, albas, almas, almes, amble, ameba, amens, anele, anlas, ansae, asana, baals.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-e-e-l-m-n-s"
	+4 letters: manageableness.
	+5 letters: manageabilities.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
able seaman	8
able seaman test	2
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