"shafter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shafters [plural]
Etymology: From shaft + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|shaft|er}} shaft + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} shafter (plural shafters)
  1. One who or that which shafts.

Inflected forms

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