ETYM French bureau a writing table, desk, office, Old Fren., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to French bure, and from Old Fren. buire dark brown.
1. A desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
2. A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
3. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes; SYN. chest, bureau, dresser.
A piece of furniture designed to contain a set of drawers (as for holding clothing).
1. A woman's ornate cap popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
2. A low chest of drawers; A movable washstand with a cupboard underneath; A boxlike structure holding a chamber pot under an open seat; also chamber pot; Toilet
ETYM French dressoir. Related to Dress.
1. A cabinet with shelves.
2. A wardrobe assistant for an actor; SYN. actor's assistant.