stoker

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stoker (“stoker”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to stoke, incite”, literally “to poke, jab, thrust”), ultimately equivalent to stoke + -er. More at stoke.

noun

1. A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.
2. A device for stoking a fire; a poker.
3. A device that feeds coal into a furnace, etc., automatically.
   As we reported was to occur, two of Saltley's stoker-fitted 2-10-0s, Nos. 92165/7, have been stripped of their stokers at Crewe works. 1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Modern Railways, page 278
4. A person who pedals on the back of a tandem bicycle.