stoker
A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in…A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.
Meaning
4 sensesA person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.
Heizer
кочега́рkočegár, истопни́кistopník
кочега́рkočehár, опа́лювачopáljuvač
a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
A device for stoking a fire; a poker.
a mechanical device for stoking a furnace
A device that feeds coal into a furnace, etc., automatically.
A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literalFrom Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literally “to poke, jab, thrust”), ultimately equivalent to stoke + -er. More at stoke.
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Forms
plural: stokersSynonyms
4 synonyms- Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912):Bram StokerAbraham Stoker