an industrial town in SE Canada, in S Ontario: founded in 1806 as Dutch Sand Hills, it was renamed Berlin in 1830 and Kitchener in 1916. Pop: 190 399 (2001)
Kitchener in British English2
(ˈkɪtʃɪnə)
noun
Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum. 1850–1916, British field marshal. As head of the Egyptian army (1892–98), he expelled the Mahdi from Sudan (1898), occupying Khartoum; he also commanded British forces (1900–02) in the Boer War and (1902–09) in India. He conducted the mobilization of the British army for World War I as war minister (1914–16); he was drowned on his way to Russia
Kitchener in American English1
(ˈkɪtʃənər)
(Horatio) Herbert1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum 1850-1916; Brit. military officer & statesman, born in Ireland