stoker

stoker
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • stoker — ● stoker nom masculin (anglais stoker, chauffeur) Dispositif d alimentation mécanique du foyer d une locomotive à vapeur chauffée au charbon. ⇒STOKER, subst. masc. TECHNOL. Dispositif consistant en une vis sans fin entre le tender et le foyer,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Stoker — es un apellido que se puede referir a: Bram Stoker (1847–1912), escritor irlandés. Fred Stoker (1878 1943), botánico y horticultor inglés. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título. Si llegaste aquí a… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Stoker —   [ stəʊkə], Bram, eigentlich Abraham Stoker, irischer Schriftsteller, * Dublin 8. 11. 1847, ✝ London 20. 4. 1912; Staatsbeamter und Journalist, 1878 1905 Bühnenmanager; verfasste Romane und wurde bekannt durch die häufig verfilmte… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stòker — m tehn. žarg. aparat za mehaničko nagomilavanje goriva na rešetku ognjišta …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • Stoker — Stoker, Bram (1847 1912) an Irish writer whose most famous work is his book ↑Dracula …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Stoker — Patronyme surtout porté aux Pays Bas, présent également en Angleterre. C est une variante de Stocker (porté aussi en Allemagne et en Alsace Lorraine), apparemment un dérivé de Stock = souche, tronc d arbre. Peut désigner soit celui qui habite un… …   Noms de famille

  • stoker — 1650s, agent noun from STOKE (Cf. stoke) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • stoker — stòker m DEFINICIJA tehn. žarg. aparat za mehaničko nagomilavanje goriva na rešetku ognjišta ETIMOLOGIJA vidi stock …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • stoker — ► NOUN 1) a person who tends the furnace on a steamship or steam train. 2) a mechanical device for supplying fuel to a furnace. ORIGIN Dutch, from stoken stoke (a furnace) (earlier push, poke ) …   English terms dictionary

  • stoker — [stō′kər] n. [Du < stoken, to poke, stir up < stok, a stick: see STOCK] 1. a person who tends a furnace, specif. of a steam boiler, as, esp. formerly, on a ship, locomotive, etc. 2. a mechanical device that stokes a furnace …   English World dictionary

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