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kitchenry

kitchenry noun: the body of servants employed in the kitchen.

Noun

kitchenry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The body of servants employed in the kitchen.
    • Next unto whom goeth the blacke guard and kitchinree1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Roman Historie, […], London: […] Adam Jslip, →OCLC

Origin of kitchenry

From kitchen + -ry.

Questions about kitchenry

What does kitchenry mean?
Kitchenry means the body of servants employed in the kitchen.
What part of speech is kitchenry?
Kitchenry is a noun.

Words near kitchenry in the dictionary

  1. kitchenmaids
  2. kitchenman
  3. Kitchenmaster
  4. kitchenmen
  5. kitchenness
  6. kitchenry
  7. kitchens
  8. kitchenscape
  9. kitchenscapes
  10. kitchensful
  11. kitchenward

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