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  kitchener

  noun

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

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Example Sentences

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On these cold nights the little kitchener is invaluable, so is the soup.

From Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years by Robert Stafford Arthur Palmer

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 Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte

“It’s that dreadful prize kitchener, Hampton, dear,” said poor Lady Rea.

From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by George Manville Fenn

He became a monk at St. Albans, and was sent to Wymondham, recalled to St. Albans, and afterwards became kitchener, cellarer, and then Prior at Tynemouth in Northumberland.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Rev. Thomas Perkins

The kitchener marvelled at this and bought the king, after questioning him of what he could do, for ten thousand dirhams.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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

Upton Lane remains closed both ways between Kitchener Road and Chaucer Road.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

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

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024

In December, they won 3-2 in Kitchener, Ontario, and Canada outlasted the U.S. 3-2 in a shootout in Sarnia, Ontario.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

If Captain Marchand is at Fashoda, and Kitchener hears of it, what will he do?...

From My Memoirs by Marguerite Steinheil

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