kitchener

C2+ Topic:People & Society
US /ˈkɪtʃənər/ UK /ˈkɪtʃənə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person in charge of a kitchen; also a kind of cooking range

    The monastery's kitchener rose before dawn to prepare the bread.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person in charge of a... cookchefrangestove
Word family
Related forms kitchencook

Etymology

From kitchen (Old English cycene, from Late Latin cocina, ultimately from Latin coquere, 'to cook') + the agent suffix -er.

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