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stoker
1[ stoh-ker ]
Stoker
2[ stoh-ker ]
noun
- Bram [bram] Abraham Stoker, 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
stoker
1/ ˈstəʊkə /
noun
- a person employed to tend a furnace, as on a steamship
Stoker
2/ ˈstəʊkə /
noun
- StokerBram18471912MIrishWRITING: novelist Bram, original name Abraham Stoker. 1847–1912, Irish novelist, author of Dracula (1897)
Other Words From
- stoker·less adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of stoker1
Example Sentences
But early vampire myths were a far cry from the sleek, cloaked version Stoker described.
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig writes about Christianity, ethics, and policy.
A more macabre inspiration surfaced in 1890 when an obscure author called Bram Stoker stayed at the seaside resort of Whitby.
My hope with Stoker was that the audience would invest in the characters.
You submitted the first draft of Stoker under a pseudonym, Ted Foulke.
"Forget it," said the lad, brushing past the soot-begrimed stoker and hurrying in to his bath.
The boys had arranged that when the back of either was turned to the stoker the other should keep his eyes open.
"Thank'ee, Miss Eustacia," said the tired stoker, breathing more easily.
At that moment Percival would willingly have exchanged places with the grimiest stoker in the hold.
The seaman who frequents Ratcliff Highway outwardly resembles the stoker of a railway train, attired in his second best suit.
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