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dress·er1

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–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.

Metalworking.

a.	a block, fitting into an anvil, on which pieces are forged.

b.	a mallet for shaping sheet metal.

7.	a tool for truing the surfaces of grinding wheels.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME: guide. See dress, -er¹

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–noun

1.	a dressing table or bureau.

2.	a sideboard or set of shelves for dishes and cooking utensils.

3.	Obsolete. a table or sideboard on which food is dressed for serving.

[Origin: 1375–1425; ME dresso(u)r sideboard < AF; MF dresseur, OF dreceor(e), equiv. to dreci(er) to dress + -ore -ory² (F dressoir)

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dress·er¹ Audio Help (drěs'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

One that dresses: a careful dresser.
A wardrobe assistant, as for an actor.

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dress·er² Audio Help (drěs'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

A low chest of drawers often supporting a mirror and typically used for holding clothes and personal items.
A cupboard or set of shelves for dishes or kitchen utensils.

[Middle English dressour, table for preparing food, from Old French dreceur, from drecier, to set up, arrange; see dress.]

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dresser

"table, sideboard," c.1393, from O.Fr. dresseur "table to prepare food," from dresser "prepare, dress" (see dress (v.)). Meaning of "chest, dressing bureau" appeared 1895.

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dresser
noun
1.	furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of drawers]
2.	a person who dresses in a particular way; "she's an elegant dresser"; "he's a meticulous dresser"
3.	a wardrobe assistant for an actor
4.	low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup [syn: dressing table]
5.	a cabinet with shelves

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈdresser1 noun

a kitchen sideboard for holding dishes

Arabic:	خِزانَة أوانٍ
Chinese (Simplified):	食具柜
Chinese (Traditional):	食具柜
Czech:	kredenc, příborník
Danish:	skænk
Dutch:	keukenkast
Estonian:	nõudekapp
Finnish:	astiakaappi
French:	vaisselier
German:	der Geschirrschrank
Greek:	ντουλάπι, πιατοθήκη
Hungarian:	konyhaszekrény, tálaló
Icelandic:	hilluskápur
Indonesian:	lemari piring
Italian:	credenza

Japanese:	食器だな
Korean:	찬장
Latvian:	virtuves skapis
Lithuanian:	indauja
Norwegian:	kjøkkenbenk, *-skap, anretningsbord
Polish:	kredens kuchenny
Portuguese (Brazil):	armário de cozinha
Portuguese (Portugal):	armário de cozinha
Romanian:	bufet (de bucătărie)
Russian:	кухонный шкаф
Slovak:	príborník
Slovenian:	kredenca
Spanish:	aparador
Swedish:	köksskåp, hyllskänk
Turkish:	tabak dolabı

ˈdresser2 noun

(American) a chest of drawers for holding clothes sometimes with a mirror

Arabic:	صُنْدوق جَوارير لِحِفْظ المَلابِس
Chinese (Simplified):	（美）带镜衣柜
Chinese (Traditional):	（美）帶鏡衣柜
Czech:	prádelník
Danish:	kommode
Estonian:	kummut
Greek:	συρταροθήκη
Hungarian:	sublót
Indonesian:	lemari pakaian
Italian:	cassettone con specchio*

Korean:	거울이 달린 (여러 단으로 된) 서랍장
Latvian:	kumode
Lithuanian:	komoda
Norwegian:	(toalett)kommode
Polish:	komoda
Russian:	комод (с зеркалом)
Slovak:	bielizník, toaletný stolík
Spanish:	tocador
Swedish:	toalettbord
Turkish:	şifonyer

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Main Entry: dress·er
Pronunciation: 'dres-&r
Function: noun
: a person who serves as a doctor's assistant especially in the dressing of lesions

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Dresser, WI (village, FIPS 20850) Location: 45.36151 N, 92.63376 W
Population (1990): 614 (259 housing units)
Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54009

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Dresser

Dress"er\, n. 1. One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

2. (Mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

3. An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc.

4. [F. dressoir. See Dress, v. t.] (a) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use. (b) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.

The pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. -- Longfellow.

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Dresser

Dress"er\, n. [F. dressoir. See Dress, v. t.] A piece of chamber furniture consisting of a chest of drawers, or bureau, with a mirror. [U. S.]

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