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stoker

1

[ stoh-ker ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that stokes. stoke.
  2. a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, especially a furnace used to generate steam, as on a steamship.
  3. Chiefly British. the fireman on a locomotive.
  4. a mechanical device for supplying coal or other solid fuel to a furnace.


Stoker

2

[ stoh-ker ]

noun

  1. Bram [bram] Abraham Stoker, 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.

stoker

1

/ ˈstəʊkə /

noun

  1. a person employed to tend a furnace, as on a steamship
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Stoker

2

/ ˈstəʊkə /

noun

  1. StokerBram18471912MIrishWRITING: novelist Bram, original name Abraham Stoker. 1847–1912, Irish novelist, author of Dracula (1897)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • stoker·less adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stoker1

1650–60; < Dutch, equivalent to stok ( en ) to stoke 1 + -er -er 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stoker1

C17: from Dutch, from stoken to stoke
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Example Sentences

But early vampire myths were a far cry from the sleek, cloaked version Stoker described.

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig writes about Christianity, ethics, and policy.

A more macabre inspiration surfaced in 1890 when an obscure author called Bram Stoker stayed at the seaside resort of Whitby.

My hope with Stoker was that the audience would invest in the characters.

You submitted the first draft of Stoker under a pseudonym, Ted Foulke.

"Forget it," said the lad, brushing past the soot-begrimed stoker and hurrying in to his bath.

The boys had arranged that when the back of either was turned to the stoker the other should keep his eyes open.

"Thank'ee, Miss Eustacia," said the tired stoker, breathing more easily.

At that moment Percival would willingly have exchanged places with the grimiest stoker in the hold.

The seaman who frequents Ratcliff Highway outwardly resembles the stoker of a railway train, attired in his second best suit.

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