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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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Did the police come to see what was the matter when the men took out the kitchener and put in a new one?”

From Blind Policy by Fenn, George Manville

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 Palmer, Robert Stafford Arthur

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

From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by Fenn, George Manville

To use a quaint old obsolete word, I like to be 'kitchened'—provided, of course, that I may select my kitchener.

From The Comforts of Home by Bergengren, Ralph

At a time, too, before the improvement of ovens, owing to the introduction of the iron range and kitchener, the amount of fuel used for baking bread would be even larger than at present.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various

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

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

That time was passed, and the big words and threats of Lord Kitchener were now of no effect.

From Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by Kestell, J. D. (John Daniel)