Stoker
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A stoker is "one who stokes".
- mechanical stoker - a coal-feeding device on a steam locomotive
- stoker (cone cleaning implement) - an Australian colloquial term for any slender cylindrical instrument used to clear debris from a cone.
- stoker (occupation) - a job on a coal-powered steam ship to stoke the boilers.
- stoker works - a facility where mechanical stokers were manufactured.
[edit] People
- Austin Stoker (born 1943), West-Indian born, African-American actor
- Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847–1912), Irish writer
- Frank Owen Stoker (1867-1939), Irish male tennis player
- Mary Stoker Smith, general assignment reporter and a weekend evening anchor for KYW-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Michael Stoker, Director of Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories from 1968-79
- Richard Stoker (born 1938), British composer and writer
- James Stoker (born 1989) British Internet personality, film maker, and animator...
[edit] Other
- Bram Stoker Award, recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association
- Stoker the Broker, title of a comic strip created by Henry Boltinoff
- "The Stoker", short story by Franz Kafka.