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dresser (dres′ər)

noun

  1. a person who dresses another; esp., one who helps actors and actresses put on their costumes
  2. a person who dresses something, as store windows, leather, wounds, etc.
  3. a person who dresses elegantly or in a certain way a fancy dresser
dresser2 definition

dresser (dres′ər)

noun

  1. Archaic sideboard
  2. a cupboard for dishes and kitchen utensils
  3. ☆ a chest of drawers, usually with a mirror

Etymology: ME dressour < OFr dreceur < drecier, arrange: see dress

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dresser Synonyms

dresser

n.

dressing table, chest of drawers, bureau; see chest 1, furniture, table 1.


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dresser Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • welsh: Dining table with six chairs and large welsh dresser.

Adjective modifier

  • snappy: Along with the laurel wreath, he was a snappy dresser.

Modifies a noun

  • drawer: The next time I visited her, I tucked it in her bottom dresser drawer.

Noun used with modifier

  • pine: Dining Room pine dining suite, seating 12, pine dresser.
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Oh, to have a little house! To own the hearth and stool and all! The heaped-up sods upon the fire, The pile of turf against the wall! To have a clock with weights and chains And pendulum swinging up and down, A dresser filled with shining delph, Speckled and white and blue and brown!

-Colum, Padraic

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