dresser
See also: Dresser
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛsə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecëure, from the verb dresser.
Noun
dresser (plural dressers)
- An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- 1847, Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie:
- The pewter plates on the dresser / Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 2”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], OCLC 855945:
- But it went through her like a flash of hot fire when, in passing, he lurched against the dresser, setting the tins rattling, and clutched at the white pot knobs for support.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, OCLC 751607287, page 29:
- The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside.
- An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers, often with a mirror.
Derived terms
- kitchen dresser
- Welsh dresser
Translations
kitchen furniture
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bedroom furniture
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Etymology 2
From Middle English dresser, equivalent to dress + -er.
Noun
dresser (plural dressers)
- One who dresses in a particular way.
- He's a very snappy dresser.
- (theater, film, television) A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
- A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
- 2013, Craig Brown, Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings (page 107)
- The former royal butler Guy Hunting recalls the uphill task faced by the Princess's dresser, Isobel Mathieson, each morning. 'During her many years with Princess Margaret, the biggest challenge Isobel faced each day was separating the royal body from its bed.
- 2013, Craig Brown, Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings (page 107)
- (medicine) A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
- 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, I:
- On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion Bar, when someone tapped me on the shoulder, and turning round I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Bart's.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 576:
- Boatmen and passengers — a Chinese assistant manager and a Tamil hospital dresser whom Crabbe had met before, two Malays of occupation undefined — helped Crabbe into the launch, but Vythilingam did not move, did not even seem to see.
- 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, I:
- (UK) A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
- 2015, Jay Allan, Bloody Casuals: Diary of a Football Hooligan
- Because we were the first by a long way to turn trendy, we're still the only dressers in Scotland and our enemies were easily recognised: denims and DM's, skinheads and parkas.
- 2015, Jay Allan, Bloody Casuals: Diary of a Football Hooligan
- A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
- (dated) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.
- (mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
- One who dresses or prepares stone.
- 2015, Frank Bennett, Alfred Pinion, Roof Slating and Tiling (page 7)
- At the dressing sheds the slate-dresser saws the blocks into various sizes and then splits the smaller units into sheets.
- 2015, Frank Bennett, Alfred Pinion, Roof Slating and Tiling (page 7)
Derived terms
- cross-dresser
- flax-dresser
- power dresser
- window dresser
Translations
one who dresses in a particular way
wardrobe assistant in a theatre
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Anagrams
- redress
French
Etymology
From Old French drecer, drecier, from Vulgar Latin *dīrectio (through a contracted form *drectio), from Latin dīrectus (“straight”), whence the adjective direct. Compare Catalan dreçar, Italian drizzare, Sicilian addizzari, Spanish aderezar, Norman dréchi, Friulian dreçâ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁɛ.se/, /dʁe.se/
audio (file)
Verb
dresser
- (transitive) to raise, to erect, to build
- (transitive) to raise, to lift, to elevate
- (transitive) to prepare; to draw up
- 1789 October 21, Commune de Paris, “Loi martiale contre les attroupements”, in Sigismond Lacroix, editor, Actes de la Commune de Paris pendant la Révolution, volume 2, published 1895, page 386:
- Il sera dressé, par les officiers municipaux, procès-verbal, qui contiendra le récit des faits.
- There shall be prepared, by the municipal officers, a procès-verbal which shall contain an account of facts.
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- (transitive) to pitch (a tent)
- (transitive) to set, to lay out
- Est-ce qu'il a dressé la table? Has he laid the table?
- (transitive) to tame (lion etc), to break in (horse), to train (an animal)
- (reflexive) to stand
Conjugation
Conjugation of dresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | dresser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dressant /dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /dʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dressé /dʁɛ.se/ or /dʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | dresse /dʁɛs/ | dresses /dʁɛs/ | dresse /dʁɛs/ | dressons /dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /dʁe.sɔ̃/ | dressez /dʁɛ.se/ or /dʁe.se/ | dressent /dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | dressais /dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /dʁe.sɛ/ | dressais /dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /dʁe.sɛ/ | dressait /dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /dʁe.sɛ/ | dressions /dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /dʁe.sjɔ̃/ | dressiez /dʁɛ.sje/ or /dʁe.sje/ | dressaient /dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /dʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dressai /dʁɛ.se/ or /dʁe.se/ | dressas /dʁɛ.sa/ or /dʁe.sa/ | dressa /dʁɛ.sa/ or /dʁe.sa/ | dressâmes /dʁɛ.sam/ or /dʁe.sam/ | dressâtes /dʁɛ.sat/ or /dʁe.sat/ | dressèrent /dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /dʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | dresserai /dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /dʁe.sʁe/ | dresseras /dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /dʁe.sʁa/ | dressera /dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /dʁe.sʁa/ | dresserons /dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | dresserez /dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /dʁe.sʁe/ | dresseront /dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dresserais /dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /dʁe.sʁɛ/ | dresserais /dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /dʁe.sʁɛ/ | dresserait /dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /dʁe.sʁɛ/ | dresserions /dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /dʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | dresseriez /dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /dʁe.sə.ʁje/ | dresseraient /dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /dʁe.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | dresse /dʁɛs/ | dresses /dʁɛs/ | dresse /dʁɛs/ | dressions /dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /dʁe.sjɔ̃/ | dressiez /dʁɛ.sje/ or /dʁe.sje/ | dressent /dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | dressasse /dʁɛ.sas/ or /dʁe.sas/ | dressasses /dʁɛ.sas/ or /dʁe.sas/ | dressât /dʁɛ.sa/ or /dʁe.sa/ | dressassions /dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | dressassiez /dʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /dʁe.sa.sje/ | dressassent /dʁɛ.sas/ or /dʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dresse /dʁɛs/ | — | dressons /dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /dʁe.sɔ̃/ | dressez /dʁɛ.se/ or /dʁe.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se dresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se dresser | |||||
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| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se dressant /sə dʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /sə dʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dressé /dʁɛ.se/ or /dʁe.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me dresse /mə dʁɛs/ | te dresses /tə dʁɛs/ | se dresse /sə dʁɛs/ | nous dressons /nu dʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /nu dʁe.sɔ̃/ | vous dressez /vu dʁɛ.se/ or /vu dʁe.se/ | se dressent /sə dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | me dressais /mə dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /mə dʁe.sɛ/ | te dressais /tə dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /tə dʁe.sɛ/ | se dressait /sə dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /sə dʁe.sɛ/ | nous dressions /nu dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu dʁe.sjɔ̃/ | vous dressiez /vu dʁɛ.sje/ or /vu dʁe.sje/ | se dressaient /sə dʁɛ.sɛ/ or /sə dʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me dressai /mə dʁɛ.se/ or /mə dʁe.se/ | te dressas /tə dʁɛ.sa/ or /tə dʁe.sa/ | se dressa /sə dʁɛ.sa/ or /sə dʁe.sa/ | nous dressâmes /nu dʁɛ.sam/ or /nu dʁe.sam/ | vous dressâtes /vu dʁɛ.sat/ or /vu dʁe.sat/ | se dressèrent /sə dʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /sə dʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | me dresserai /mə dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /mə dʁe.sʁe/ | te dresseras /tə dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /tə dʁe.sʁa/ | se dressera /sə dʁɛ.sʁa/ or /sə dʁe.sʁa/ | nous dresserons /nu dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /nu dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | vous dresserez /vu dʁɛ.sʁe/ or /vu dʁe.sʁe/ | se dresseront /sə dʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /sə dʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me dresserais /mə dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /mə dʁe.sʁɛ/ | te dresserais /tə dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tə dʁe.sʁɛ/ | se dresserait /sə dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sə dʁe.sʁɛ/ | nous dresserions /nu dʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu dʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous dresseriez /vu dʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /vu dʁe.sə.ʁje/ | se dresseraient /sə dʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sə dʁe.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me dresse /mə dʁɛs/ | te dresses /tə dʁɛs/ | se dresse /sə dʁɛs/ | nous dressions /nu dʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu dʁe.sjɔ̃/ | vous dressiez /vu dʁɛ.sje/ or /vu dʁe.sje/ | se dressent /sə dʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | me dressasse /mə dʁɛ.sas/ or /mə dʁe.sas/ | te dressasses /tə dʁɛ.sas/ or /tə dʁe.sas/ | se dressât /sə dʁɛ.sa/ or /sə dʁe.sa/ | nous dressassions /nu dʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /nu dʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | vous dressassiez /vu dʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /vu dʁe.sa.sje/ | se dressassent /sə dʁɛ.sas/ or /sə dʁe.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dresse-toi /dʁɛs.twa/ | — | dressons-nous /dʁɛ.sɔ̃.nu/ or /dʁe.sɔ̃.nu/ | dressez-vous /dʁɛ.se.vu/ or /dʁe.se.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- dresser l'oreille
Related terms
- adresser
Further reading
- “dresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Etymology
From dress + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛsər(ə)/
Noun
dresser
- (Late Middle English, rare) leader, guide
Descendants
- English: dresser
References
- “dresser, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dresser m
- indefinite plural of dress
Verb
dresser
- present of dresse
Old French
Verb
dresser
- Alternative form of drecier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of dresser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | dresser | avoir dressé | |||||
| gerund | en dressant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | dressant | ||||||
| past participle | dressé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | dres | dresses | dresse | dressons | dressez | dressent |
| imperfect | dressoie, dresseie, dressoe, dresseve | dressoies, dresseies, dressoes, dresseves | dressoit, dresseit, dressot, dresseve | dressiiens, dressiens | dressiiez, dressiez | dressoient, dresseient, dressoent, dressevent | |
| preterite | dressai | dressas | dressa | dressames | dressastes | dresserent | |
| future | dresserai | dresseras | dressera | dresserons | dresseroiz, dressereiz, dresserez | dresseront | |
| conditional | dresseroie, dressereie | dresseroies, dressereies | dresseroit, dressereit | dresseriiens, dresseriens | dresseriiez, dresseriez | dresseroient, dressereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | dres | dres | drest | dressons | dressez | dressent |
| imperfect | dressasse | dressasses | dressast | dressissons, dressissiens | dressissoiz, dressissez, dressissiez | dressassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | dresse | — | dressons | dressez | — | ||