dresser

/ˈdɹɛsə/

dresser noun: an item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.

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Noun (1)

dresser (plural dressers)

(UK) 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.1847, Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
- But it went through her like a flash of hot fire when, in passing, he lurched against the dresser, setting the tins rattling, and clutched at the white pot knobs for support.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 2”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
(US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.

Noun (2)

dresser (plural 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; […]1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
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.1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 47
- The former royal butler Guy Hunting recalls the uphill task faced by the Princess's dresser, Isobel Mathieson, each morning. 'During her many years with Princess Margaret, the biggest challenge Isobel faced each day was separating the royal body from its bed.2013, Craig Brown, Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings, page 107
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.1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, section I
- Boatmen and passengers — a Chinese assistant manager and a Tamil hospital dresser whom Crabbe had met before, two Malays of occupation undefined — helped Crabbe into the launch, but Vythilingam did not move, did not even seem to see.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 576
(UK) 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.2015, Jay Allan, Bloody Casuals: Diary of a Football Hooligan
A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.

Synonyms:

bolt, bolter
A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting).
- ore dresser
(dated) 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.2015, Frank Bennett, Alfred Pinion, Roof Slating and Tiling, page 7

Proper noun capitalized: Dresser

Dresser (plural Dressers)

A surname.

dresser meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

dresser in Hindi

ड्रेसर, कपड़े पहनने वाला

dresser in Tamil

செதுக்கி, மணியாசு, கூர்ப்படுத்தி, சீர்படுத்தி

dresser in Marathi

ड्रेसर, कपडे घालणारा

dresser in Urdu

ڈریسر, ڈریسنگ کرنے والا, ڈریسٹر

More languagesFewer languages

dresser in Bengali: ড্রেসার
dresser in Telugu: దుస్తులు ధరించేవాడు
dresser in Malayalam: അലങ്കരിക്കുന്നവൻ, വ്രണങ്ങൾ കഴുകി മരുന്നു വച്ചുകെട്ടുന്നവൻ
dresser in Kannada: ವಸ್ತ್ರಧಾರಿ, ಡ್ರಸ್ಸರ್, ಡ್ರೆಸರ್
dresser in Punjabi: ਡਰੈਸਰ, ਕੱਪਡ਼ੇ ਪਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ, ਡ੍ਰੈਸਰ
dresser in Gujarati: ડ્રેસર, પહેરવેશ કરનાર
dresser in Odia: ଡ୍ରେସର୍, ଡ୍ରେସର
dresser in Nepali: ड्रेसर
dresser in Arabic: كومودينو komudino
dresser in Persian: کمد komod

Examples of dresser in a sentence

It's a desk that goes for a dresser too.
When Grandma came to visit, the boy hid the girlies in his dresser so she wouldn't see them.
Glass TV stand, refrigerators, desks, dressers, kitchenware, cleaningware, towels, bar stools, and lots of furniture.

All 40 example sentences with dresser

Synonyms of dresser

bolt
bolter

Forms of dresser

Noun
plural	dressers
Proper noun
plural	Dressers

Plural of dresser: dressers

Origin of dresser

From Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecëure, from the verb dresser.

From Middle English dresser, equivalent to dress + -er.

Words formed from dresser

Phrases with dresser

hair dresser

Words that rhyme with dresser

Questions about dresser

What does dresser mean?: Dresser means an item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
What is dresser in Hindi?: Dresser in Hindi is ड्रेसर, कपड़े पहनने वाला. See Dresser meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dresser?: Dresser can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dresser?: Dresser is pronounced /ˈdɹɛsə/ (UK).
What is the plural of dresser?: The plural of dresser is dressers.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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