Standard Lemma guide

dresser

name · noun · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɹɛsə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛsə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: D R EH1 S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

One who dresses in a particular way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He's a very snappy dresser.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body servant

7

noun

Meaning 7

A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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8

noun

Meaning 8

A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bolt, bolter

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • ore dresser

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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12

noun

Meaning 12

A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

One who dresses or prepares stone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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14

noun

Meaning 14

furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chest of drawers, chest, bureau

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture

Narrower terms: chiffonier, commode, highboy, tallboy, lowboy

15

noun

Meaning 15

a cabinet with shelves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cabinet

16

noun

Meaning 16

low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dressing table, vanity, toilet table

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: table

17

noun

Meaning 17

a wardrobe assistant for an actor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: actor's assistant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assistant, helper, help, supporter

18

noun

Meaning 18

a person who dresses in a particular way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she's an elegant dresser
  • he's a meticulous dresser

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: chichi

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кухненскибюфет (kuhnenskibjufet) — kitchen furniture
  • Catalan: escudeller — kitchen furniture
  • Czech: kredenc — kitchen furniture
  • French: buffet — kitchen furniture
  • Hungarian: konyhaszekrény — kitchen furniture
  • Hungarian: kredenc — kitchen furniture
  • Hungarian: konyhakredenc — kitchen furniture
  • Hungarian: tálalóasztal — kitchen furniture
  • Hungarian: tálaló — kitchen furniture
  • Hungarian: edényespolc — kitchen furniture
  • Hungarian: pohárszék — kitchen furniture
  • Irish: drisiúr — kitchen furniture
  • Italian: credenza — kitchen furniture
  • Polish: kredens — kitchen furniture
  • Russian: ку́хонный шкаф (kúxonnyj škaf) — kitchen furniture
  • Ukrainian: ми́сник (mýsnyk) — kitchen furniture
  • Arabic: كومودينو (komudino) — bedroom furniture
  • Bulgarian: тоалетка (toaletka) — bedroom furniture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五斗櫃 /五斗柜 (wǔdǒuguì) — bedroom furniture
  • Czech: prádelník — bedroom furniture
  • Danish: kommode — bedroom furniture
  • Esperanto: komodo — bedroom furniture
  • French: commode — bedroom furniture
  • German: Kommode — bedroom furniture
  • Hungarian: öltözőasztal — bedroom furniture
  • Hungarian: tolalettasztal — bedroom furniture
  • Hungarian: fésülködőasztal — bedroom furniture
  • Hungarian: komód — bedroom furniture
  • Hungarian: sublót — bedroom furniture
  • Hungarian: fiókos szekrény — bedroom furniture
  • Ido: komodo — bedroom furniture
  • Italian: cassettone — bedroom furniture
  • Italian: comò — bedroom furniture
  • Japanese: 箪笥 (tansu) — bedroom furniture
  • Norman: drécheux — bedroom furniture
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kommode — bedroom furniture
  • Persian: کمد (komod) — bedroom furniture
  • Portuguese: cómoda — bedroom furniture
  • Portuguese: cômoda — bedroom furniture
  • Russian: комо́д (komód) — bedroom furniture
  • Spanish: cómoda — bedroom furniture
  • Spanish: paje — bedroom furniture
  • Turkish: şifonyer — bedroom furniture
  • Yiddish: קאַמאָד (kamod) — bedroom furniture
  • Finnish: pukija — wardrobe assistant in a theatre
  • French: habilleur — wardrobe assistant in a theatre
  • Hungarian: öltöztető — wardrobe assistant in a theatre
  • Irish: éadaitheoir — wardrobe assistant in a theatre
  • Italian: camerinista — wardrobe assistant in a theatre
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