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noun, plural bu·reaus, bu·reaux 
[byoor-ohz] .
[byoor-ohz] . 1.
a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
2.
a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
3.
an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services; agency: a travel bureau; a news bureau.
4.
Chiefly British. a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
Origin:
1710–20; < French: desk, office, originally a kind of cloth (used to cover desks, etc.), Anglo-French, Old French burel, equivalent to bur- (probably < *būra, variant of Late Latin burra wool, fluff; compare bourrée) + -el noun suffix
1710–20; < French: desk, office, originally a kind of cloth (used to cover desks, etc.), Anglo-French, Old French burel, equivalent to bur- (probably < *būra, variant of Late Latin burra wool, fluff; compare bourrée) + -el noun suffix
Related forms
sub·bu·reau, noun, plural sub·bu·reaus, sub·bu·reaux.
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