stoker

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊkə(ɹ)/

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.
   • 1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Modern Railways, page 278:

     As we reported was to occur, two of Saltley's stoker-fitted 2-10-0s, Nos. 92165/7, have been stripped of their stokers at Crewe works.

4. A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.

Synonyms

• (fireplace utensil): firestick, poker

Derived terms

• mechanical stoker

Translations

person who stokes

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

  Mandarin: 司爐 (zh), 司炉 (zh) (sīlú)

• Czech: topič (cs) m
• Dutch: stoker (nl) m
• Esperanto: hejtisto
• Finnish: lämmittäjä (fi)
• French: chauffeur (fr) m
• German: Heizer (de) m
• Hebrew: מַסִּיק‎ (he) m (masik)
• Hungarian: fűtő (hu), fűtő (hu)

• Italian: fuochista m
• Japanese: 火夫 (ja) (かふ, kafu), 火手 (かしゅ, kashu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fyrbøter m

• Portuguese: foguista m or f, fornalheiro m
• Romanian: fochist (ro) m, focar (ro) m
• Russian: кочега́р (ru) m (kočegár), истопни́к (ru) m (istopník)
• Serbo-Croatian: ložač (sh) m, ложач m
• Spanish: fogonero (es), atizador (es)
• Ukrainian: кочерга́р (kočerhár)

poker — see poker

See also

• fireman

Anagrams

• Kortes, Koster, stroke, tokers, trokes

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stoker. Equivalent to stoken +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstoː.kər/, (Southern Dutch) [ˈstoː.kər], (Northern Dutch) [ˈstoʊ̯.kər]

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• Hyphenation: sto‧ker
• Rhymes: -oːkər

Noun

stoker m (plural stokers, diminutive stokertje n)

1. stoker, one who stokes fuel
2. agitator, one who sows division or discord

   Synonyms: onruststoker, scheurmaker