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dresser

[ dres-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

dresser

[ dres-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who dresses.
a person employed to dress actors, care for costumes, etc., at a theater, television studio, or the like.
Chiefly British. a surgeon's assistant.
a person who dresses in a particular manner, as specified:
a fancy dresser;
a careful and distinctive dresser.
any of several tools or devices used in dressing materials.
Metalworking.
1. a block, fitting into an anvil, on which pieces are forged.
2. a mallet for shaping sheet metal.
a tool for truing the surfaces of grinding wheels.

dresser

/ ˈdrɛsə /

noun

a set of shelves, usually also with cupboards or drawers, for storing or displaying dishes, etc
a chest of drawers for storing clothing in a bedroom or dressing room, often having a mirror on the top

dresser

/ ˈdrɛsə /

noun

a person who dresses in a specified way
a fashionable dresser
theatre a person employed to assist actors in putting on and taking off their costumes
a tool used for dressing stone or other materials
a person who assists a surgeon during operations
See window-dresser

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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

Half of a blue tablet lay on his son’s dresser, Puerta said.

From Los Angeles Times

During the live show, Broecker tends to hang out near the control room so he can track any additional changes and disperse the relevant information to the cast and their dressers.

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While Howie’s correspondence was labeled and filed, what we had was hoarding as a grief strategy: letters stuffed in boxes and boxes stuffed in dresser drawers.

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Him: Married young, clean-cut professional, impeccable dresser, no TV watching, a generous philanthropist, up at 5 a.m. to work out daily.

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On the other hand, ‘Most women who are 81 do not have access to groomers and dressers.’

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