'Stoker' definitions:
Definition of 'Stoker'
(from WordNet)
noun
Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912) [syn: Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker]
noun
A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) [syn: stoker, fireman]
noun
A mechanical device for stoking a furnace
Definition of 'Stoker'
From: GCIDE
- Stoker \Stok"er\, n. [D. See Stoke, v. t.]
- 1. One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fire poker. [R.] --C. Richardson (Dict.). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stoker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baggage man,
- bakehead,
- black gang,
- boilerman,
- brakeman,
- brakie,
- bungs,
- butcher,
- cabin boy,
- chips,
- commissary steward,
- complement,
- conductor,
- deckhand,
- deckie,
- dispatcher,
- fireman,
- footplate man,
- guard,
- gun loader,
- gunner,
- hand,
- hospital steward,
- landing signalman,
- lineman,
- mail orderly,
- navigator,
- oiler,
- porter,
- purser,
- radio operator,
- railroad man,
- railroader,
- redcap,
- roustabout,
- smoke agent,
- snip,
- snips,
- sparks,
- stationmaster,
- steward,
- stewardess,
- switchman,
- torpedoman,
- trainboy,
- trainman,
- trainmaster,
- watch,
- yardman,
- yardmaster,
- yeoman