dresser

CEFRA2

/ˈdɹɛsə/

noun

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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One who dresses in a particular way.
An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.

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He's a very snappy dresser.
The pewter plates on the dresser / Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine.
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.

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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
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, The Eyes of Max Carrados
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

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