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Definition of bureau : 1. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
2. 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.
3. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
4. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.

Synonyms:

post, say-so, authorisation, agency, government agency, authority, confidence, committee, means, federal agency, office staff, power, actor's assistant, spot, breast, place, position, delegacy, self-assurance, billet, role, authorization, business office, assurance, function, potency, berth, situation, sureness, department, sanction, way, pectus, dressing table, thorax, representation, dominance, vanity, board, self-confidence, toilet table, furniture, part

commode, dresser, highboy, chest, desk, sideboard, locker, chest of drawers, cabinet, escritoire, shelf, chiffonnier, cupboard, buffet, closet, lowboy, kitchen cabinet, safe, drawer, davenport

fair, warehouse, office, market, stock exchange, depot, bazaar, market place, emporium, chain, mart, counter, establishment, convenience store, stall, store, supermarket, department store, shop, grocery, exchange

Usage examples:

• He went to his bureau- the old bureau he had bought for his wife thirty years before. - "Rose of Dutcher's Coolly", Hamlin Garland.
• Richard saw that she was out, and sinking into the first chair, his eyes fell upon the note lying near the bureau drawer. - "Ethelyn's Mistake", Mary Jane Holmes.
• " Just at the foot of your bureau, Mac. - "'Laramie;' or, The Queen of Bedlam.", Charles King.