stoker

¹

[ stoh-ker ]

noun

1. a person or thing that stokes. stoke.
2. a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, especially a furnace used to generate steam, as on a steamship.
3. Chiefly British. the fireman on a locomotive.
4. a mechanical device for supplying coal or other solid fuel to a furnace.

Stoker

²

[ stoh-ker ]

noun

1. Bram [bram] Abraham Stoker, 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.

stoker

¹

/ ˈstəʊkə /

noun

1. a person employed to tend a furnace, as on a steamship

Stoker

²

/ ˈstəʊkə /

noun

1. StokerBram18471912MIrishWRITING: novelist Bram, original name Abraham Stoker. 1847–1912, Irish novelist, author of Dracula (1897)

Other Words From

• stoker·less adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stoker¹

1650–60; < Dutch, equivalent to stok ( en ) to stoke ¹ + -er -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of stoker¹

C17: from Dutch, from stoken to stoke

Example Sentences

“They run up the starboard side of the ship, up two decks, through the stokers’ quarters, and into their dining hall.

From Literature

After initially training on motor gun boats at Portland, Mr Gaines transferred to become a petrol stoker on landing craft.

From BBC

Ditlev later became a coal stoker, but he was frequently unemployed.

From New York Times

His father worked as a stoker at the factory, barely earning enough to make ends meet.

From Literature

The party and its allies spent millions in the primary promoting GOP state Sen. Ron Hanks, a stoker on the Trump crazy train, in hopes of landing him as Bennet’s opponent.

From Los Angeles Times