Usually means: Physically capable without any disabilities.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word able-bodied:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. able-bodied: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. able-bodied: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. able-bodied: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. able-bodied, able-bodied: Collins English Dictionary
  5. able-bodied: Vocabulary.com
  6. Able-bodied, able-bodied: Wordnik
  7. able-bodied, the able-bodied: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. able-bodied: Wiktionary
  9. able-bodied: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. able-bodied: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. able-bodied: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Able-bodied, able-bodied: Dictionary.com
  13. Able-bodied: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Able-bodied: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. able-bodied: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. able-bodied: Rhymezone
  17. able-bodied: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. able-bodied: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. able-bodied: Free Dictionary
  20. able-bodied: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. able-bodied: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. able-bodied: Merriam-Webster.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. able-bodied: Law.com Dictionary
  2. able-bodied: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. able-bodied: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (possessional) Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service.
adjective:  Not disabled; having no physical disability.
adjective:  (nautical) Capable of performing all requisite duties as a seaman, specifically in the Royal Navy, a rating between leading and ordinary.

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