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name
A surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked in a kitchen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A title:
A British earldom
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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name
A title:
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British field marshal in the First World War
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A placename.
A small town in the City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A kitchen servant; a cook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A stove for cooking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
British field marshal (1850-1916)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: field marshal
History
From kitchener, from kitchen + -er.
From Middle English kichenere, kychynnere, equivalent to kitchen + -er.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
