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    STOKER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A mechanical device for stoking a furnaceplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("stoker" is a kind of...):

    mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

    Derivation:

    stoke (stir up or tend; of a fire)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)play

    Synonyms:

    fireman; stoker

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("stoker" is a kind of...):

    jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

    Derivation:

    stoke (stir up or tend; of a fire)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)play

    Synonyms:

    Abraham Stoker; Bram Stoker; Stoker

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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