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shaftsman

shaftsman is the alternative form of shaftman.

Meaning of shaftman

Noun

shaftman (plural shaftmen)

  1. A man who sinks a mineshaft.

Forms of shaftsman

pluralshaftsmen

Origin of shaftsman

From shaft + -s- + -man.

Questions about shaftsman

What is shaftsman the alternative form of?
Shaftsman is the alternative form of shaftman.

Words near shaftsman in the dictionary

  1. Shaftoe
  2. Shaftoes
  3. shaftoside
  4. shafts
  5. Shaftsbury
  6. shaftsman
  7. shaftsmen
  8. shaftway
  9. shaftways
  10. shaftwork
  11. shafty

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