dressers

Noun (1)

dresser (plural dressers)

1. (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
2. (US) An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.

Noun (2)

dresser (plural dressers)

1. One who dresses in a particular way.
   • He's a very snappy dresser.
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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

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