/byoor"oh/ , n. , pl. bureaus, bureaux /byoor"ohz/ .
1. a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
2. a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
3. an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services; agency: a travel bureau; a news bureau.
4. Chiefly Brit. a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
[ 1710-20; burel, equiv. to bur- (prob. bura, var. of LL burra wool, fluff; cf. BOURRÉE) + -el n. suffix ]