dresser
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dresser¹
- /ˈdɹɛsə/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛsə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecëure, from the verb dresser.
noun dressers
- An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils. The pewter plates on the dresser / Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine.
- An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
dresser²
- /ˈdɹɛsə/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛsə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English dresser, equivalent to dress + -er.
noun dressers
- One who dresses in a particular way. He's a very snappy dresser.
- A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume). The leading lady also went out of her way to congratulate the young neophyte effusively on her triumph—and then slapped her unfortunate dresser on very insufficient provocation; […]
- A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing. In the Queen's coach are the Queen's stateroom and bathroom, the Royal Family lounge, lady-in-waiting's compartment and bathroom, and dresser's room.
- A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc. On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion Bar, when someone tapped me on the shoulder, and turning round I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Bart's.
- A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual. Because we were the first by a long way to turn trendy, we're still the only dressers in Scotland and our enemies were easily recognised: denims and DM's, skinheads and parkas.
- A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
- A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting). ore dresser
- A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.
- A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
- One who dresses or prepares stone. At the dressing sheds the slate-dresser saws the blocks into various sizes and then splits the smaller units into sheets.
Dresser³
proper noun Dressers
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: chest, bureau, drawer, cupboard, locker, pantry, credenza, closet, wardrobe, cabinet, shelf, buffet, hairdresser, drawers, valet, bookcase
Translations
Every language
noun kitchen furniture
| Français | buffet |
|---|---|
| Italiano | credenza |
| Русский | ку́хонный шкаф kúxonnyj škaf |
noun bedroom furniture
| Español | cómoda, paje |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 箪笥 tansu |
| 中文 | 五斗櫃 /五斗柜 wǔdǒuguì |
| Português | cómoda, cômoda |
| Français | commode |
| Deutsch | Kommode |
| Italiano | cassettone, comò |
| Русский | комо́д komód |
| العربية | كومودينو komudino |
noun wardrobe assistant in a theatre
| Français | habilleur |
|---|---|
| Italiano | camerinista |
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