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Definition of Shifter

1. Noun. A stagehand responsible for moving scenery.

2. Noun. A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears. "In Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever"

Definition of Shifter

1. n. One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

Definition of Shifter

1. one that shifts [n -S] - See also: shifts

Medical Definition of Shifter

1. 1. One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener. "'T was such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down." (Milton) 2. An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions. 3. A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shifter

shieled shieling shieling shielings shiels shier shiers shies shiest shift

shift shiftable shifted shifted maxwellian shifter (current term) shifter (current term) shifters shiftier shiftiest shiftily

shiftiness shiftiness shiftinesses shifting shiftings shifting cultivation shifting dullness shifting pacemaker shiftless shiftlessly

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