A dresser is a chest of drawers, usually with a mirror on the top.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use dressing table
2. countable noun
A dresser is a piece of furniture which has cupboards or drawers in the lower part and shelves in the top part. It is usually used for storing china.
[mainly British]
3. countable noun [oft poss NOUN]
A dresser is someone who works in a theatre and helps the actors and actresses to dress.
'Tell them to hold all my calls, Theresa,' she instructed her dresser.
4. countable noun [adjective NOUN]
You can use dresser to refer to the kind of clothes that a person wears. For example, if you say that someone is a smart dresser, you mean that they wear smart clothes.
She had always been a smart dresser and had on one of her linen frocks.
...a legendary beauty and unconventional dresser who only once bought 'normal' clothes.
dresser in British English1
(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
Word origin
C14 dressour, from Old French dreceore, from drecier to arrange; see dress
dresser in British English2
(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
3.
a tool used for dressing stone or other materials
4. British
a person who assists a surgeon during operations
5. British window-dresser
dresser in American English1
(ˈdrɛsər)
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
dresser in American English2
(ˈdrɛsər)
noun
1. Archaic
sideboard
2.
a cupboard for dishes and kitchen utensils
3. US
a chest of drawers, usually with a mirror
Word origin
ME dressour < OFr dreceur < drecier, arrange: see dress
Examples of 'dresser' in a sentence
dresser
The former window dresser hit the screens only two years ago.
The Sun (2009)
But my dad was such a smart dresser.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She said that she was surprised to have been chosen because she did not consider herself a fashionable dresser.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The modern power dresser is the woman who can harness the transformative force of fashion and turn it to her advantage.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is a very smart dresser.
The Sun (2008)
Her father was an artist, her mother a window dresser.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The dresser and tables are 19th century and came from a convent school.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We put it on metal brackets and now it's a perfect match for the antique dresser in same room.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My dad's a snappy dresser.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She's a glorified window dresser.
The Sun (2011)
There is a sizeable range for cooking, with open stone shelves on one side and a large dresser and side tables on the wall opposite.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Word lists with
dresser
cupboard, tool
In other languages
dresser
British English: dresser /ˈdrɛsə/ NOUN
A dresser is a chest of drawers, sometimes with a mirror on the top.
American English: dresser
Arabic: خِزَانَة
Brazilian Portuguese: cômoda
Chinese: 带镜衣橱
Croatian: komoda
Czech: toaletní stolek
Danish: toiletbord
Dutch: dressoir
European Spanish: tocador IngAmer
Finnish: astiakaappi
French: buffet meuble
German: Anrichte
Greek: μπουφές κουζίνας
Italian: cassettone
Japanese: 食器棚
Korean: 찬장
Norwegian: kjøkkenskap
Polish: kredens kuchenny
European Portuguese: cómoda
Romanian: măsuță de toaletă
Russian: комод
Latin American Spanish: tocador
Swedish: skänk
Thai: ตู้ที่มีลิ้นชักสำหรับใส่เสื้อผ้า
Turkish: şifonyer
Ukrainian: комод
Vietnamese: chạn bát đĩa
Chinese translation of 'dresser'
dresser
(ˈdrɛsəʳ)
n(c)
(Brit, = cupboard) 碗橱(櫥) (wǎnchú) (个(個), gè)
(US, = chest of drawers) 梳妆(妝)台(臺) (shūzhuāngtái) (个(個), gè)