shafter

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noun

One who or that which shafts.

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Meanings

shafter1

nounshafter (plural shafters)

plural shafters

  1. One who or that which shafts.

    Sources of information would have to be kept confidential (it isn't necessary to know who got shafted in order to learn that a shafter exists).

    1986, The Comics Journal, numbers 108-110, page 41

Shafter2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A city in Kern County, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Illinois.
    3. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri.
    4. A ghost town in Presidio County, Texas.

Origin

From shaft + -er.

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APA

shafter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shafter

MLA

“shafter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shafter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shafter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shafter.

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