dresser

1 of 2

noun (1)

dress·​er ˈdre-sər 

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

dresser

2 of 2

noun (2)

: one that dresses

a fashionable dresser

Examples of dresser in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

What followed was hours of late-night exploring, complete with a run-in with an opossum, before the cat eventually returned indoors—only to be found resting inside a dresser drawer the next morning. —Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

An adaptation of the the Broadway show, director Bill Condon's musical drama stars Tonatiuh as a gay window dresser named Luis who shares a cell with political prisoner Valentin (Diego Luna). —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025

If a separate closet or dresser outside the bathroom is unavailable to you, then Trosclair advises being diligent in cycling through your linens and washing them regularly to fight any mildewing, molding, or weathering from the moisture. —Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025

The original musical follows a gay window dresser, Luis Molina, who shares a prison cell in Argentina with Marxist political prisoner Valentin Arregui. —Samantha Allen, Them., 2 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1520, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing dresser

• dresser set
• Welsh dresser

Rhymes for dresser

• lesser
• lessor
• presser
• pressor
• stressor
• aggressor
• assessor
• compressor
• confessor
• depressor
• hairdresser
• necessar

Kids Definition

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

Medical Definition

dresser

noun

dress·​er ˈdres-ər 

: a person who serves as a doctor's assistant especially in the dressing of lesions