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stoker definition

stoker (stō′kər)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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