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Definitions for Dresser

[1] a person who dresses.
[2] a person employed to dress actors, care for costumes, etc., at a theater, television studio, or the like.
[3] Chiefly British . a surgeon's assistant.
[4] a person who dresses in a particular manner, as specified: a fancy dresser; a careful and distinctive dresser.
[5] any of several tools or devices used in dressing materials.
[6] Metalworking . a block, fitting into an anvil, on which pieces are forged. a mallet for shaping sheet metal.
[7] a tool for truing the surfaces of grinding wheels.
[8] a dressing table or bureau.
[9] a sideboard or set of shelves for dishes and cooking utensils.
[10] Obsolete . a table or sideboard on which food is dressed for serving.
[11] a set of shelves, usually also with cupboards or drawers, for storing or displaying dishes, etc
[12] US a chest of drawers for storing clothing in a bedroom or dressing room, often having a mirror on the top
[13] a person who dresses in a specified way a fashionable dresser
[14] theatre a person employed to assist actors in putting on and taking off their costumes
[15] a tool used for dressing stone or other materials
[16] British a person who assists a surgeon during operations
[17] British See window-dresser

Words related to Dresser

wardrobe, closet, chiffonier, bureau, cabinet, highboy

Words nearby Dresser

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Origin of Dresser

21375–1425; Middle English dresso(u)r sideboard < Anglo-French; Middle French dresseur, Old French dreceor(e ), equivalent to dreci(er ) to dress + -ore -ory2 (French dressoir )

Word origin for Dresser

C14 dressour, from Old French dreceore, from drecier to arrange; see dress

Synonyms for Dresser

closet, wardrobe, bureau, cabinet, chiffonier, highboy