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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912);
[syn: Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker]

2. a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship);
[syn: stoker, fireman]

3. a mechanical device for stoking a furnace;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Stoker n 1: Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912) [syn: Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker] 2: a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) [syn: stoker, fireman] 3: a mechanical device for stoking a furnace