/shafts"beuh ree, shahfts"-/ , n.
1. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of , 1621-83, English statesman.
2. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of , 1671-1713, English moral philosopher (grandson of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury).
3. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of , 1801-85, English philanthropist.