stoker

Meaning

1. A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, 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

fireman

boiler-man

agitator

stocker

firing machine

heater

firewoman

Translations

Heizer

fogonero

chauffeur

fuochista

θερμαστής

stoker

fogueiro

foguista

fogainer

fochista

fumista

fornacator

fornalheiro

atizador

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstoʊkɚ/

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.

Sentences

The driver died the following day , and the stoker a few days after that .