KITCHENER

Kitchener, Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum

(noun) British field marshal (1850-1916)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kitchener (plural kitcheners)

(obsolete) A kitchen servant; a cook.

(obsolete) A stove for cooking.

Anagrams

• rethicken, thickener

Proper noun

Kitchener

An occupational surname for someone who worked in a kitchen.

A title

A British earldom

Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British field marshal in the First World War

A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

A small town in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

Anagrams

• rethicken, thickener

Source: Wiktionary


Kitch"en*er, n.

Definition: A kitchen servant; a cook. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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