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Definition of Able-bodied
1. Adjective. Having a strong healthy body. "Every able-bodied young man served in the army"
Definition of Able-bodied
1. Adjective. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Able-bodied
1. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Able-bodied
Literary usage of Able-bodied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poor Law System, Past and Present by Paul Felix Aschrott (1888)
"It is necessary for the State in the case of able- bodied paupers to take
precautions that the poor law shall be administered in the interests of the ..."
2. English Poor Law Policy by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1910)
"We regard the wise treatment of all such adult able-bodied persons as have to be
... There is an additional reason for not thrusting the able-bodied ..."
3. A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of the by George Nicholls, Thomas Mackay (1904)
"Out-door relief to the able-bodied was discouraged and even declared illegal,
and the advice of the ... The able-bodied man was gaining a position of ..."
4. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... the able-bodied hands having been drawn out for other purposes. Now for the
result of a day's picking, from sun-up until sun-down, by twenty-two hands, ..."
5. The Public Organisation of the Labour Market: Being Part Two of the Minority by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1909)
"And yet the "able-bodied Workhouse" is, without reference to the actual experience
of such institutions, still confidently put forward as the proper method ..."
6. The Law Reports by John Fraser Macqueen, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1869)
"The proviso, indeed, declares that the able-bodied shall not be ... Adams (1),
the Court of Session and this House held that able-bodied men had no right to ..."
7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"... the strength of the armies in the field by relieving able-bodied soldiers now
employed in the duties about to be assigned to this new organization. ..."
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