stoker
noun
a person or thing that stokes.
stoker
1 American
[stoh-ker]
/ ˈstoʊ kər /
noun
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stokers
plural
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a person or thing that stokes.
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a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, especially a furnace used to generate steam, as on a steamship.
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Chiefly British. the fireman on a locomotive.
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a mechanical device for supplying coal or other solid fuel to a furnace.
Stoker
2
American
[stoh-ker]
/ ˈstoʊ kər /
noun
Stoker
1
British
/ ˈstəʊkə /
noun
stoker
2
British
/ ˈstəʊkə /
noun
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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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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
It offers stoker coal, both non-treated and oil treated.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2019
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
"Eddie did look a bit tired and didn't quite look the same manager as when he started," Stoker said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
I have been rooting for “Sinners” since I saw it almost a year ago — vampires haven’t been used with such spot-on metaphoric resonance since Bram Stoker wrote “Dracula.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Last week, Mr. Stoker liked our idea of writing a blog post about pets that need a home.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
Coal fired boilers fuelled by stokers kept the heat up for the tropical plants.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2021
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
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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