1 : one employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel; specifically : one that tends a marine steam boiler
[M-W's Col. Dic.]
Bram Stoker: Bram is for Abraham, is there any chance that one of Bram Stoker's ancestors was a stoker and from there on the surname Stoker was attached to their surnames? Please let me know.
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Hi, The world is full of possibilities. Definition of JACK 1 a : man —usually used as an intensive in such phrases as every man jack b often capitalized : sailor c (1) : servant , laborer (2) : lumberjack Is it possible that one of your ancestors was the son of a sailor? Clive
— Clive
Hi, The world is full of possibilities.
Definition of JACK 1 a : man —usually used as an intensive in such phrases as every man jack b often capitalized : sailor c (1) : servant , laborer (2) : lumberjack Is it possible that one of your ancestors was the son of a sailor?
Clive
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