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

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

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 Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

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

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.

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

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

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

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2024

The auction house, which opened in the town’s High Street in January, previously sold a scarce Lord Kitchener £2 for £1,000 and an unusual Olympics 50p for £1,500.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

During the brief recess the Empire has been stirred to its depths by the tragic death of Lord Kitchener.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 by Various