Home › Words › S › shaftershaftershafter · name — A surname.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shafter ranks #36,243 of 42,834 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom shaft + -er.nameA surname.A place in the United States:; A city in Kern County, California.A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Illinois.A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri.A place in the United States:; A ghost town in Presidio County, Texas.nounOne who or that which shafts.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).