Definition of bureau

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