kitchener

See also: Kitchener

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kitchener (plural kitcheners)

1. (obsolete) A kitchen servant; a cook.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Give Us Arms”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book V (The Third Estate), page 179:

     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.

References

• “kitchener”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• rethicken, thickener