"stoker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstoʊkɚ/ [General-American], /ˈstəʊkə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stoker.wav [UK] Forms: stokers [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ) 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|stoker||stoker}} Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), {{der|en|dum|stoken||to stoke, incite|lit=to poke, jab, thrust}} Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literally “to poke, jab, thrust”), {{suffix|en|stoke|er}} stoke + -er, {{l|en|stoke}} stoke Head templates: {{en-noun}} stoker (plural stokers)
  1. A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers. Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Cycling, Occupations, People Synonyms (fireplace utensil): firestick, poker Translations (person who stokes): عَطَشْجِيّ (ʕaṭašjiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), հնոցապան (hnocʻapan) (Armenian), ocaqçı (Azerbaijani), качага́р (kačahár) [masculine] (Belarusian), апа́льшчык (apálʹščyk) [masculine] (Belarusian), огня́р (ognjár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fogoner [masculine] (Catalan), 司爐 (Chinese Mandarin), 司炉 (sīlú) (Chinese Mandarin), topič [masculine] (Czech), søfyrbøder [common-gender] (Danish), stoker [masculine] (Dutch), hejtisto (Esperanto), kütja (Estonian), lämmittäjä (Finnish), chauffeur [masculine] (French), ცეცხლფარეში (cecxlpareši) (Georgian), Heizer [masculine] (German), θερμαστής (thermastís) [masculine] (Greek), מַסִּיק (masík) [masculine] (Hebrew), fűtő (Hungarian), kocegara (Ingrian), fuochista [masculine] (Italian), 火夫 (kafu) (alt: かふ) (Japanese), 火手 (kashu) (alt: かしゅ) (Japanese), 화부 (hwabu) (alt: 火夫) (Korean), kurinātājs [masculine] (Latvian), kūrikas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ложач (ložač) [masculine] (Macedonian), pendandang (Malay), fyrbøter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), آتشجی (ateşci) (Ottoman Turkish), palacz [masculine] (Polish), palacz kotłowy [masculine] (Polish), foguista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), fornalheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), fochist [masculine] (Romanian), focar [masculine] (Romanian), кочега́р (kočegár) [masculine] (Russian), истопни́к (istopník) [masculine] (Russian), ло̀жа̄ч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lòžāč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kurič [masculine] (Slovak), kurjač [masculine] (Slovene), fogonero [masculine] (Spanish), atizador [masculine] (Spanish), eldare [common-gender] (Swedish), ateşçi (Turkish), кочега́р (kočehár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), опа́лювач (opáljuvač) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-stoker-en-noun-JGPa7F4E Disambiguation of Cycling: 42 10 17 32 Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 1 19 41 Disambiguation of People: 48 0 1 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 1 15 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 1 27 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 36 4 29 30 Disambiguation of 'fireplace utensil': 46 11 11 32 Disambiguation of 'person who stokes': 62 2 2 34
  2. A device for stoking a fire; a poker.
    Sense id: en-stoker-en-noun-EIxfWBQn
  3. A device that feeds coal into a furnace, etc., automatically. Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-stoker-en-noun-046nDS1H Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 1 19 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 1 15 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 1 27 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 36 4 29 30
  4. A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle. Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-stoker-en-noun-oGwBytam Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 1 19 41 Disambiguation of People: 48 0 1 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 1 15 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 1 27 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 36 4 29 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mechanical stoker, stoker-fired Related terms: fireman

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "person who stokes",
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          "sense": "person who stokes",
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          "sense": "person who stokes",
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          "roman": "istopník",
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "word": "司爐"
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "word": "司炉"
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "word": "kütja"
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "word": "lämmittäjä"
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "chauffeur"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "word": "ცეცხლფარეში"
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Heizer"
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      "word": "화부"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ložač",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
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      "word": "pendandang"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fyrbøter"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "آتشجی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
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      "word": "palacz kotłowy"
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fornalheiro"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fochist"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "focar"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kočegár",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "кочега́р"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istopník",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ло̀жа̄ч"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kurič"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kurjač"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fogonero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "atizador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "person who stokes",
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      "word": "eldare"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "word": "ateşçi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kočehár",
      "sense": "person who stokes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кочега́р"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "opáljuvač",
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      "word": "опа́лювач"
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}

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