1
obsolete
: a table or sideboard for preparing and serving food
2
: a cupboard to hold dishes and cooking utensils
3
: a chest of drawers or bureau with a mirror
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
The murphy bed, which is hidden behind dusty rose millwork, has built-in dressers on either side.
—Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 20 May 2026
The film casts Courtenay as Norman, the devoted, slightly fey dresser to a declining Shakespearean actor (Finney) touring England during the Blitz.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
Authorities said the child got the gun from his mother’s purse after climbing onto a dresser.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
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Noun
She was left to ponder empty dresser drawers and piece together the subtle clues of their final days together.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
The murphy bed, which is hidden behind dusty rose millwork, has built-in dressers on either side.
—Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 20 May 2026
The film casts Courtenay as Norman, the devoted, slightly fey dresser to a declining Shakespearean actor (Finney) touring England during the Blitz.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
Authorities said the child got the gun from his mother’s purse after climbing onto a dresser.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
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“Dresser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dresser. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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dresser
1 of 2 noun
dress·er
ˈdres-ər 
: a piece of furniture (as a chest or bureau) with a mirror
dresser
2 of 2 noun
: one that dresses
a fashionable dresser
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