physically healthy, fit and strong in contrast to sb who is weak or DISABLED:
Military service is compulsory for every able-bodied male between 18 and 27. * Disabled and able-bodied children can enrol on the athletics course.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is able-bodied a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, able-bodied is tagged as adjective.
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