stoker

Meaning

Noun

• A person who stoke, especially one on a steamship or steam train who stokes coal in the boiler.
• A device for stoking a fire; a poker.
• A device that feeds coal into a furnace etc automatically.
• A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.

Related

Similar words

• firestick, poker

Origin

• From Middle Dutch stoker ("stoker"), from Middle Dutch stoken ("to stoke, incite"), ultimately equivalent to stoke + -er. More at stoke.