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  stoker

  noun

  a person or thing that stokes.
• Stoker
  Stoker

  noun

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

stoker

¹ American  

[stoh-ker] / ˈstoʊ kər /

noun

• stokers
  plural

1. a person or thing that stokes.

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.

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Stoker ² American  

[stoh-ker] / ˈstoʊ kər /

noun

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

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Stoker ¹ British  

/ ˈstəʊkə /

noun

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

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stoker ² British  

/ ˈstəʊkə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• stokerless
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• stokers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of stoker

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

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Example Sentences

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Bannister said his father Sammy, a stoker mechanic who was 21-years-old at the time, sustained shrapnel wounds to his chest when HMS Amethyst came under fire.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Built like a Eugene O’Neill coal stoker, with ears that stuck out and heavy eyebrows above kind eyes, he could read as cuddly or threatening, or even cuddly and threatening, as necessary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2021

The rider in front is called the pilot; the rear is referred to as the stoker.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2021

In 1939, while working as an editor at a socialist magazine in Durban, he found work as a stoker abroad a freighter and made his way to London.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2017

‘Jules-Albert finished first in the Paris-Rouen motorcar race back in 1895, but he wasn’t awarded the prize because his steam car used a stoker.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Stoker, a 40-year-old lawyer in London who works in-house at a tech firm, said he didn’t think the drink would matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Guimaraes has a deep bond with Newcastle supporters, which has evidently driven him on, as season ticket holder Adam Stoker explained.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

The shift in mood was not lost on season ticket holder Adam Stoker, who feels Howe has the rest of the campaign to show he is still the "right man going forward".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

Another of his predecessors, Mike Stoker, was appointed during the first Trump administration but was abruptly dismissed from the job in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

Then Mr. Stoker walks through the 2nd problem, outlining the steps with his red marker.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Several guide dogs sit by their owners, or wait for their return, while captains, stokers and volunteers hang out and socialize.

From Salon ● May 29, 2017

On deck are three trap doors as holds for the coal stokers.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2016

You expect to find here the graves of drivers and sappers, troopers and stokers, havildars and sepoys.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2012

This kind of disparity persisted in death, when many monuments to the dead didn't include crew members, such as stokers and busboys.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2012

The hold was in the very front of the ship, past the mail sorting room and the cabins where the stokers and firemen stayed.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis

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