able-bodied

From able body +‎ -ed.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.bl̩ˌbɑ.did/

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• Hyphenation: a‧ble-bod‧ied

able-bodied (comparative more able-bodied, superlative most able-bodied)

1. (possessional) Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service.
   • 1893, James Anthony 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.

2. Not disabled; having no physical disability.

   Synonyms: abled, (less common) enabled

   Antonym: disabled

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

3. (nautical) Capable of performing all requisite duties as a seaman, specifically in the Royal Navy, a rating between leading and ordinary.

• ableism