dresser

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[ dres-er ]
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noun
  1. a sideboard or set of shelves for dishes and cooking utensils.

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

Origin of dresser

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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 -ory2

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Other definitions for dresser (2 of 2)

dresser2
[ 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.

  1. Chiefly British. a surgeon's assistant.

  2. a person who dresses in a particular manner, as specified: a fancy dresser;a careful and distinctive dresser.

  3. any of several tools or devices used in dressing materials.

  4. Metalworking.

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

    • a mallet for shaping sheet metal.

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

Origin of dresser

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First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English: “guide; director”; see origin at dress, -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for dresser (1 of 2)

dresser1

/ (ˈdrɛsə) /


noun
  1. a set of shelves, usually also with cupboards or drawers, for storing or displaying dishes, etc

  2. US a chest of drawers for storing clothing in a bedroom or dressing room, often having a mirror on the top

Origin of dresser

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

British Dictionary definitions for dresser (2 of 2)

dresser2

/ (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

  1. a tool used for dressing stone or other materials

  2. British a person who assists a surgeon during operations

  3. British See window-dresser

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