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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stok•er (stō′kər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that stokes.
- a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, esp. a furnace used to generate steam, as on a steamship.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]the fireman on a locomotive.
- Energya mechanical device for supplying coal or other solid fuel to a furnace.
- Dutch, equivalent. to stok(en) to stoke1 + -er -er1
- 1650–60
Bram (bram)USA pronunciation (Abraham Stoker), 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
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