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stoker

noun
/ˈstoʊkɚ/US/ˈstəʊkə/UK

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literally “to poke, jab, thrust”), ultimately equivalent to stoke + -er. More at stoke. Compare typologically Russian кочега́р (kočegár) (akin to кочерга́ (kočergá, “poker”)).

  1. derived from stoken
  2. derived from stoker

Definitions

  1. A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the…

    A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.

    • He held strongly to the black-ganger's philosophy - what is the use of all the radar and guns and torpedoes if you don't have the engineers and stokers to put them in the right position?

  2. A device for stoking a fire

    A device for stoking a fire; a poker.

  3. A device that feeds coal into a furnace, etc., automatically.

    • As we reported was to occur, two of Saltley's stoker-fitted 2-10-0s, Nos. 92165/7, have been stripped of their stokers at Crewe works.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.

    2. A surname.

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Derived

mechanical stoker, stoker-fired, stokerless stokes

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