dresser 1
/dres"euhr/ , n.
1. a person who dresses.
2. a person employed to dress actors, care for costumes, etc., at a theater, television studio, or the like.
3. Chiefly Brit. a surgeon's assistant.
4. a person who dresses in a particular manner, as specified: a fancy dresser; a careful and distinctive dresser.
5. any of several tools or devices used in dressing materials.
6. Metalworking.
a. a block, fitting into an anvil, on which pieces are forged.
b. a mallet for shaping sheet metal.
7. a tool for truing the surfaces of grinding wheels.
[ 1400-50; late ME: guide. See DRESS, -ER 1 ]
dresser 2
/dres"euhr/ , n.
1. a dressing table or bureau.
2. a sideboard or set of shelves for dishes and cooking utensils.
3. Obs. a table or sideboard on which food is dressed for serving.
[ 1375-1425; ME dresso ( u ) r sideboard dresseur, OF dreceor ( e ), equiv. to dreci ( er ) to DRESS + -ore -ORY 2 (F dressoir ) ]