| Bureau 1. (n.) A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. 2. (n.) The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. 3. (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. Thesaurus Entries agency, bailiwick, chest, chest of drawers, chiffonier, commissariat, constablery, constablewick, constabulary, department, desk, division, dresser, ministry, municipality, office, secretariat, section, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shrievalty, subdivision |