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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Able-bodiedadjective

    Strong of body.

    It lies in the power of every fine woman, to secure at least half a dozen able-bodied men to his majesty’s service. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 4.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of able bodied in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of able bodied in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of able bodied in a Sentence

  1. David Dollar:

    Able-bodied people of the right age are just not out there looking for The July jobs.

  2. Vicente Lim:

    I am of the firm conviction that the success of national defense will not depend much on the armaments nor the training of our able-bodied men but will depend 90% on the will of the people to fight for the country.

  3. Courtesy Benjamin Curlee:

    I was at the back of the plane. A long2 minutes after that first announcement the pilot madeanannouncementand said ‘all able-bodied menpleasecome to the front as there is an emergency, come to thefront’.

  4. Daniel Dale:

    Donald Trump Jr. is touting baseless election-rigging claims in videos posted to Facebook and Twitter asking' able-bodied' people to join an election security' army' for Joe Biden father, facebook and Twitter affixed labels to the video pointing to accurate information about voting, but neither company said the video violated its election integrity rules in a way that would result in it being removed. Twitter labeled the video only after being asked about it by CNN on Wednesday. The video had been on its site since Monday.

  5. African American:

    Every able-bodied African American must register for a legal firearm. That's the only way they'll change the law.

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