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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STOKE, STOKER, n. One who looks after the fire in a brew-house. [Local or technical.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912) [syn: Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker]
2: a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) [syn: stoker, fireman]
3: a mechanical device for stoking a furnace

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1660 1. one employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel; specifically one that tends a marine steam boiler 2. a machine for feeding a fire

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Bram 1847-1912 British writer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who tends to the furnace on a steamship. Etymology: Du. f. stoken stoke f. MDu. stoken push, rel. to STICK(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stoker Stok"er, n. [D. See Stoke, v. t.] 1. One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire. 2. A fire poker. [R.] --C. Richardson (Dict.).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stokers) In former times a stoker was a person whose job was to stoke fires, especially on a ship or a steam train. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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