Definitions from Wiktionary (shifter)

▸ noun:  One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
▸ noun:  (linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
▸ noun:  (dated) Someone who plays tricks; a trickster.
▸ noun:  (nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, soaking, and shifting the salt provisions.
▸ noun:  (engineering) A control device (usually a lever or button) for shifting gears in a gearbox, or an arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
▸ noun:  (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
▸ noun:  (cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
▸ noun:  A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
▸ noun:  (mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
▸ noun:  (US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
▸ noun:  (mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope.
▸ noun:  A shiftworker.
▸ noun:  (spirituality) Short for reality shifter. [(spirituality) A person who changes the reality their consciousness resides in through meditation or other means.]

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