kitchener

¹

[ kich-uh-ner ]

noun

1. a person employed in, or in charge of, a kitchen.
2. an elaborate kitchen stove.

Kitchener

²

[ kich-uh-ner ]

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.

Kitchener

¹

/ 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)

Kitchener

²

/ ˈkɪtʃɪnə /

noun

1. KitchenerHoratio Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum18501916MBritishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kitchener¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; kitchen, -er ¹

Example Sentences

The other story I heard last night in the trenches was that Rothschild met Kitchener and asked him when his army was going across.

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It was in the Times, too, that we first heard of Kitchener's end.

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They immediately showed what they are made of by themselves erecting on the ground beside the windmill a series of Kitchener huts.

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A wire having arrived from Kitchener putting Rawlinson under my command, I sent the latter instructions.

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On the following day General Kitchener ordered the mounted troops and guns to make a reconnaissance towards Dulstroom.

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