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

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.

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

Yet we never see him buy aught, and he hath neither kitchener nor kitchen, nor doth he light a fire.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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