stoker

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Etymology

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.

Noun

stoker (plural stokers)

1. A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship who stokes coal in the boilers
2. A device for stoking a fire; a poker
3. A device that feeds coal into a furnace etc automatically
4. A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle

Synonyms

• (fireplace utensil): firestick, poker

Translations

person

• Czech: topič (cs) m
• Dutch: stoker (nl) m
• Esperanto: hejtisto (eo)

• Hungarian: fűtő (hu)
• Russian: кочегар (ru) (kočegár) m
• Serbo-Croatian: ložač (sh) m

device

• Czech: přikládač (cs) m
• Hungarian: piszkavas (hu)

• Russian: кочерга (ru) (kočergá) f

Anagrams

• stroke
• tokers