stoker
stoker [stoker stokers] BrE [ˈstəʊkə(r)] NAmE [ˈstoʊkər] noun a person whose job is to add coal or other fuel to a fire, etc, especially on a ship or a steam train Word Origin: mid 17th cent.: from Dutch, from stoken ‘stoke a furnace’, from Middle Dutch stoken ‘push, poke’; related to the noun ↑stick.
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