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(stō′kər)

noun

a person who tends a furnace, specif. of a steam boiler, as, esp. formerly, on a ship, locomotive, etc.
a mechanical device that stokes a furnace

Origin: Du < stoken, to poke, stir up < stok, a stick: see stock

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noun

One who is employed to feed fuel to and tend a furnace, as on a steam locomotive or a steamship.
A mechanical device for feeding coal to a furnace.

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Origin: Dutch

Origin: , from stoken, to stoke

Origin: , from Middle Dutch stōken, to poke

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British writer of the gothic horror novel Dracula (1897).

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