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Kitchener¹

Where it comes from

From kitchener, from kitchen + -er.

proper noun Kitcheners

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

kitchener²

Where it comes from

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

noun kitcheners

  1. obsolete A kitchen servant; a cook. 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. obsolete A stove for cooking.

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name city in Ontario, Canada

한국어키치너 kichineo
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@misc{kitchener_2026,
  title = {kitchener},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kitchener},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}