5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. {Bureaus}, F. {Bureaux}. [F. bureau a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. ? flame-colored, prob. fr. ? fire. See {Fire}, n., and cf. {Borel}, n.] 1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.] In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household. [1913 Webster] 4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] {Bureau system}. See {Bureaucracy}. {Bureau Veritas}, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and re["e]stablished in Brussels in 1870. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: bureau n 1: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: {agency}, {federal agency}, {government agency}, {office}, {authority}] 2: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: {chest of drawers}, {chest}, {dresser}] [also: {bureaux} (pl)] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 22 Moby Thesaurus words for "bureau": agency, bailiwick, chest, chest of drawers, chiffonier, commissariat, constablery, constablewick, constabulary, department, desk, division, dresser, ministry, municipality, office, secretariat, section, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shrievalty, subdivision From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: BUREAU. A French word, which literally means a large writing table. It is used figuratively for the place where business is transacted: it has been borrowed by us, and used in nearly the same sense; as, the bureau of the secretary of state. Vide Merl. Repert. h. t. From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]: Bureau -- U.S. County in Illinois Population (2000): 35503 Housing Units (2000): 15331 Land area (2000): 868.564029 sq. miles (2249.570413 sq. km) Water area (2000): 4.735354 sq. miles (12.264509 sq. km) Total area (2000): 873.299383 sq. miles (2261.834922 sq. km) Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 41.386420 N, 89.477767 W Headwords: Bureau Bureau, IL Bureau County Bureau County, IL
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