meaning of bureau
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
Related Words
bureau | bureaucracy | bureaucrat | bureaucratic | bureaucratical | bureaucratist | bureaus | bureaux |
