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Stoker

sto·ker

UK/ˈstəʊkə/ US/ˈstoʊkɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.
2.

a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

Synonyms
3.

a mechanical device for stoking a furnace

Origin

From Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literally “to poke, jab, thrust”), ultimately equivalent to stoke + -er. More at stoke. Compare typologically Russian кочега́р (kočegár) (akin to кочерга́ (kočergá, “poker”)).

Phrases

  • mechanical stoker
  • stokerless stokes

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