stoker
pronunciation
How to pronounce stoker in British English:
UK [ˈstəʊkə(r)]
How to pronounce stoker in American English:
US [ˈstoʊkə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
- a mechanical device for stoking a furnace
Word Origin
- stoker (n.)
- 1650s, "one who maintains the fire in a furnace," agent noun from Dutch stoken "to stoke" (see stoke (v.)).
Example
- 1. He is a stoker and he is a bit shy .
- 2. Bram stoker wrote the novel dracula in 1897 .
- 3. My stoker manages my portfolio for me .
- 4. Research on the simulate training automatic scoring system of stoker labor .
- 5. Riders who are seeing-impaired , for example , will be able to enjoy the great outdoors as the stoker while the sighted rider steers ahead .