Stoker

Sto·ker  (stkr), Abraham Known as "Bram." 1847-1912.

British writer of the gothic horror novel Dracula (1897).

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stok·er  (stkr)

n.

1. One who is employed to feed fuel to and tend a furnace, as on a steam locomotive or a steamship.

2. A mechanical device for feeding coal to a furnace.

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[Dutch, from stoken, to stoke, from Middle Dutch stken, to poke.]

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stoker [ˈstəʊkə]

n

(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a person employed to tend a furnace, as on a steamship

[from Dutch, from stoken to stoke]

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Stoker [ˈstəʊkə]

n

(Biographies / Stoker, Bram (1847-1912) M, Irish, WRITING: novelist) Bram, original name Abraham Stoker. 1847-1912, Irish novelist, author of Dracula (1897)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Stoker - Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912) Abraham Stoker, Bram Stoker
	2.	stoker - a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) fireman laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
	3.	stoker - a mechanical device for stoking a furnace mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles

Translations

stoker [ˈstəʊkəʳ] N → fogonero m

stoker [ˈstəʊkə^r] n (RAILWAYS, NAUTICAL, NAVAL) → chauffeur/euse m/f

stoker

n → Heizer(in) m(f); (= device) → Beschickungsanlage f

stoker [ˈstəʊkəʳ] n → fuochista m