kitchener

[ kich-uh-ner ]

/ ˈkɪtʃ ə nər /

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noun

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

an elaborate kitchen stove.

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Origin of kitchener

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at kitchen, -er¹

Words nearby kitchener

kit-cat, Kit-Cat Club, kitchen, kitchenalia, kitchen cabinet, kitchener, kitchenette, kitchen garden, kitchen kaffir, kitchenmaid, kitchen match

Other definitions for kitchener (2 of 2)

Kitchener

[ kich-uh-ner ]

/ ˈkɪtʃ ə nər /

noun

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

a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada.

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How to use kitchener in a sentence

The other story I heard last night in the trenches was that Rothschild met Kitchener and asked him when his army was going across.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
It was in the Times, too, that we first heard of Kitchener's end.
The Escape of a Princess Pat|George Pearson
They immediately showed what they are made of by themselves erecting on the ground beside the windmill a series of Kitchener huts.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 9, 1919|Various
A wire having arrived from Kitchener putting Rawlinson under my command, I sent the latter instructions.
1914|John French, Viscount of Ypres

On the following day General Kitchener ordered the mounted troops and guns to make a reconnaissance towards Dulstroom.
The Record of a Regiment of the Line|M. Jacson

British Dictionary definitions for kitchener (1 of 2)

Kitchener¹

/ (ˈkɪtʃɪnə) /

noun

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)

British Dictionary definitions for kitchener (2 of 2)

Kitchener²

/ (ˈkɪtʃɪnə) /

noun

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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