قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.

The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.

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.

A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.