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Kitchener

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked in a kitchen. countable
  2. 2
    A title:; A British earldom UK, countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A title:; Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British field marshal in the First World War countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename.; A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename.; A small town in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A kitchen servant; a cook. obsolete

    "The industry of all crafts has paused;—except it be the smith's, fiercely hammering pikes; and, in a faint degree, the kitchener's, cooking offhand victuals; for bouche va toujours [people need to eat]."

  2. 2
    A stove for cooking. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From kitchener, from kitchen + -er.

Etymology 2

From Middle English kichenere, kychynnere, equivalent to kitchen + -er.

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