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  kitchener

  noun

  a person employed in, or in charge of, a kitchen.
• Kitchener
  Kitchener

  noun

  Horatio Herbert 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome, 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.

kitchener

¹ American  

[kich-uh-ner] / ˈkɪtʃ ə nər /

noun

1. a person employed in, or in charge of, a kitchen.

2. an elaborate kitchen stove.

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Kitchener ² American  

[kich-uh-ner] / ˈkɪtʃ ə nər /

noun

1. Horatio Herbert 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome, 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.

2. a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada.

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Kitchener ¹ British  

/ ˈkɪtʃɪnə /

noun

1. an industrial town in SE Canada, in S Ontario: founded in 1806 as Dutch Sand Hills, it was renamed Berlin in 1830 and Kitchener in 1916. Pop: 190 399 (2001)

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Kitchener ² British  

/ ˈkɪtʃɪnə /

noun

1. Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum. 1850–1916, British field marshal. As head of the Egyptian army (1892–98), he expelled the Mahdi from the Sudan (1898), occupying Khartoum; he also commanded British forces (1900–02) in the Boer War and (1902–09) in India. He conducted the mobilization of the British army for World War I as war minister (1914–16); he was drowned on his way to Russia

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Etymology

Origin of kitchener

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at kitchen, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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Over the pictures on the warm W. wall—against which, on the other side, the neighbour's kitchener stands—is a line of clean underclothing, hung there to air.

From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney

For this kind of frying, a kitchener, or gas stove, is preferable to an open range.

From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Harrison, Mary

This room was empty, but, as on her last visit, a fire roared in the kitchener, before which innumerable rows of little garments were airing.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

One is a little round iron thing which burns, and the other is a sort of little "kitchener" which doesn't!

From My War Experiences in Two Continents by Salmon, Betty Keays-Young

Mrs. Halsey's living room possessed a Tudor mantelpiece in moulded brick, into which a small modern kitchener had been barbarously fitted; and three fine beams with a little incised ornament ran across the ceiling.

From Harvest by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Kitchener later served as Secretary of State for War and was instrumental in expanding Britain’s army to wage a prolonged struggle of attrition in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

Only fragments of it exist, certain fugitive lines that appear in correspondence between Vivien, Blundy and Blundy’s editor, Harold T. Kitchener.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

Dr Andrew Kitchener, of National Museums Scotland - where the bear fossils are held - said polar and brown bear habitats may have overlapped thousands of years ago as they do today.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024

Guest: Caroline Kitchener, national reporter covering abortion for the Washington Post.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024

When Lord Kitchener, then Sirdar of Egypt, and fresh from his victories over the Mahdi, visited Cambridge to receive an Honorary Degree, his presence amongst us was greeted by the wildest orgies.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward