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dresser

1

[ dres-er ]

noun

  1. a sideboard or set of shelves for dishes and cooking utensils.
  2. Obsolete. a table or sideboard on which food is dressed for serving.


dresser

2

[ dres-er ]

noun

  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.
    1. a block, fitting into an anvil, on which pieces are forged.
    2. a mallet for shaping sheet metal.
  7. a tool for truing the surfaces of grinding wheels.

dresser

1

/ ˈdrɛsə /

noun

  1. a person who dresses in a specified way

    a fashionable dresser

  2. theatre a person employed to assist actors in putting on and taking off their costumes
  3. a tool used for dressing stone or other materials
  4. a person who assists a surgeon during operations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


dresser

2

/ ˈdrɛsə /

noun

  1. a set of shelves, usually also with cupboards or drawers, for storing or displaying dishes, etc
  2. a chest of drawers for storing clothing in a bedroom or dressing room, often having a mirror on the top
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dresser1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English dresso(u)r, dressur(e), “sideboard,” from Anglo-French; Middle French dresseur, Old French dreçor, dreceor(e), equivalent to dreci(ier) “to dress ” + -ore -ory 2

Origin of dresser2

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English: “guide; director”; dress, -er 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dresser1

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

Kanimba was horrified to see her dad — always an impeccable dresser — in such debilitated condition.

These workstations can transform a kitchen table, coffee table, or dresser into a productivity center.

Radcliff said that in her two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, she is currently using the top of her dresser in her bedroom as a desk while using a dining room chair as a seat.

From Digiday

He placed a television on a dresser, eye-height, and paced around the room.

She gets Sarah to come to town for opening night and be her dresser, for old time’s sake.

From Vox

As a child, he remembers watching his father, “a very sharp dresser,” add the final touches to his suits—a tie.

The room held a sizable amount of old, worn furniture: the bed, a studio couch, three stuffed chairs, a chifforobe and a dresser.

Pop music, much like a teenager with a dresser full of training bras and her first summer job, is going through a lot changes.

Petersen was a convener of people, known on multiple continents as a careful thinker, dynamic speaker, and dapper dresser.

Kate might also want to think about taking a dresser or a lady's maid.

Dorothy turned to the dresser, and a strange expression came over her face.

Why, Tip says she's the best-lookin' woman in the walley, and that she's a terrible tasty dresser.

Then she looked more hopeful as her eyes rested on Betty, who was sorting the contents of a too-crowded dresser drawer.

"And so we had," said Betty, closing the dresser drawer with a bang and coming unexpectedly to her aid.

He was a swagger dresser and more marked than many because he was strikingly handsome.

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