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

See also

• fireman

Translations

person who stokes

• Armenian: հնոցապան (hy) ‎(hnocʿapan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司爐 (zh), 司炉 (zh) ‎(sīlú)

• Czech: topič (cs) m
• Dutch: stoker m
• Esperanto: hejtisto
• Finnish: lämmittäjä (fi)

• French: chauffeur (fr) m
• German: Heizer (de) m
• Hungarian: fűtő (hu)
• Japanese: 火夫 (ja) ‎(かふ, kafu), 火手 ‎(かしゅ, kashu)
• Portuguese: foguista m, f, fornalheiro m
• Russian: кочега́р (ru) m ‎(kočegár), истопни́к (ru) m ‎(istopník)
• Serbo-Croatian: ložač (sh) m, ложач m
• Spanish: fogonero (es), atizador (es)

poker — see poker

Anagrams

• stroke
• tokers