1 (also Welsh dresser) (BrE) a large piece of wooden furniture with shelves in the top part and cupboards below, used for displaying and storing cups, plates, etc.
2 (AmE) = CHESTOFDRAWERS
3 (used with an adjective) a person who dresses in the way mentioned:
a snappy dresser
4 (in a theatre) a person whose job is to look after an actor's clothes for a play and help him/her to get dressed
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