Kitchener

Kitch·e·ner  (kchnr, kch-nr)

A city of southern Ontario, Canada, west-southwest of Toronto. Settled by Mennonites (1806) and by Germans who named it Berlin in 1825, it was renamed in honor of Lord Kitchener in 1916. Population: 205,000.

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Kitchener, Horatio Herbert. First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome. 1850-1916.

British soldier and colonial administrator who led Egyptian troops in the retaking of the Sudan (1898), brought the Boer War (1899-1902) to a conclusion, and served as secretary for war (1914-1916) during World War I.

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Kitchener [ˈkɪtʃɪnə]

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(Placename) 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.: 178 420 (1996)

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Kitchener²

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(Biographies / Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) M, British, MILITARY: general, POLITICS: statesman) 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 the 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

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Kitchener - British field marshal (1850-1916)     First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener