English noun: Stoker | |||
1. | Stoker (person) Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912) | ||
Synonyms | Abraham Stoker, Bram Stoker | ||
Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
2. | stoker (person) a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) | ||
Synonyms | fireman | ||
Broader (hypernym) | jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer | ||
3. | stoker (artifact) a mechanical device for stoking a furnace | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mechanical device | ||