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"shunt",
"shunt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting."
],
"tags": [
"Pennsylvania",
"US"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Fantasy",
"en:Mythology",
"en:Science fiction"
],
"glosses": [
"A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope."
],
"links": [
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"science fiction",
"science fiction"
],
[
"fantasy",
"fantasy"
],
[
"shape-shifter",
"shape-shifter"
],
[
"lycanthrope",
"lycanthrope"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "shape-shifter"
}
],
"topics": [
"fantasy",
"human-sciences",
"literature",
"media",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"publishing",
"science-fiction",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A shiftworker."
],
"links": [
[
"shiftworker",
"shiftworker"
]
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "reality shifter"
}
],
"categories": [
"English short forms"
],
"glosses": [
"Short for reality shifter."
],
"links": [
[
"reality shifter",
"reality shifter#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "spirituality",
"raw_glosses": [
"(spirituality) Short for reality shifter."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of"
]
}
],
"word": "shifter"
}
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