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Meaning of "window dresser" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WINDOW DRESSER

window dresser  [ˈwɪndəʊ ˈdresə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINDOW DRESSER

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Window dresser is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WINDOW DRESSER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Window dresser

Window dressers arrange displays of goods in shop windows or within a shop itself. They may work for design companies contracted to work for clients or for department stores, independent retailers, airport or hotel shops. Alone or in consultation with product manufacturers or shop managers they artistically design and arrange the displays and may put clothes on mannequins and display the prices on the products. They may hire joiners and lighting engineers to augment their displays. When new displays are required they have to dismantle the existing ones, and they may have to maintain displays during their lifetimes. Some window dressers hold formal display design qualifications.

Definition of window dresser in the English dictionary

The definition of window dresser in the dictionary is a person employed to design and build up a display in a shop window.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINDOW DRESSER


bedpresser
ˈbedˌpresə
blesser
ˈblesə
caresser
kəˈresə
contessa
kənˈtesə
cross-dresser
ˌkrɒsˈdresə
dogaressa
ˌdəʊɡəˈresə
Emesa
ˈemesə
guesser
ˈɡesə
obsessor
əbˈsesə
oppressor
əˈpresə
preprocessor
priːˈprəʊsesə
redresser
rɪˈdresə
sessa
ˈsesə
transgressor
trænzˈɡresə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINDOW DRESSER

window
window box
window cleaner
window cleaning
window display
window envelope
window frame
window glass
window ledge
window of opportunity
window pane
window sash
window seat
window shade
window shell
window tax
window winder
window-cleaning
window-dresser
window-dressing

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINDOW DRESSER

addresser
cesser
digresser
distresser
dresser
expresser
finesser
hairdresser
harnesser
impresser
lesser
passer
presser
represser
second-guesser
suppresser
vinedresser
Welsh dresser
window-dresser
witnesser

Synonyms and antonyms of window dresser in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «window dresser» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINDOW DRESSER

Find out the translation of window dresser to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of window dresser from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «window dresser» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窗口梳妆台
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escaparatista
570 millions of speakers

English

window dresser
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विंडो ड्रेसर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نافذة مضمد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

витрин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vitrinista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জানালা রূপকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étalagiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tingkap tingkap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dekorateur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ショーウインドーの装飾をする人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

윈도우 드레서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jendhela pawon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cửa sổ tủ quần áo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாளர அலங்காரர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विंडो ड्रेसर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vitrin düzenleyicisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vetrinista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okno kredens
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вітрин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fereastră dresser
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κομμό παράθυρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

etaleur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fönster byrå
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vindu dresser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of window dresser

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDOW DRESSER»

The term «window dresser» is normally little used and occupies the 119.468 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDOW DRESSER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about window dresser

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QUOTES WITH «WINDOW DRESSER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word window dresser.
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Justine Bateman
When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINDOW DRESSER»

Discover the use of window dresser in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to window dresser and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Confessions of a Window Dresser: Tales from the Life of Fashion
The creative director of Barneys New York shares his life, thoughts, and accomplishments as the "genius-provocateur" behind some of the world's most interesting and controversial window displays.
Simon Doonan, 2001
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Extraordinary Jobs for Creative People
WINDOWWINDOW DRESSERDRESSER OVERVIEW While most people think of a window dresser as someone who designs and decorates the show windows of large department stores, window dressing occurs in a variety of settings and ...
Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, 2009
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Design techniques for window dressing
The Royal Spanish Academy defines window dresser as: “someone in charge of artistically arranging the objects to be displayed in shop windows”. This profession requires a high level of specialisation and training, despite the fact that it ...
Carmen Cabezas Fontanilla y Ana Isabel Vázquez Boubeta, 2010
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Design techniques for window dressing
The professional window dresser needs to be able to apply a wide range of skills in order to carry out their work effectively. There are three main sets of skills: artistic, marketing and technical. Any selfrespecting window dresser must have ...
Ana Isabel Bastos Boubeta y Lisa McCarthy (traductora Carmen Cabezas Fontanilla, 2010
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Holiday Ideas
CHARACTERS Window dresser 2 Window Washers Several Mannequins (actors ) Angel One or two Shepherds Mary Joseph One or two Wise Men Two sheep ( use the pastor or youth pastor—the kids will love it) PROPS Manger with baby ...
‎1997
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A Gentleman from Boynton B-Y-T-E-S BACK!: A Humorous and ...
dissent of Bonwit's regular window dresser, offered Dali an opportunity to dress a Bonwit window. The publicity event was so worthwhile to both Dali and the store and he accepted, over protestation from the regular store window dresser.
Adrian Price, 2006
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Window Dressing: The Principles of "display,"
BEFORE proceeding to the study Of practical “display” work, a few notes on the qualifications necessary for the window dresser, and the opportunities and rewards of the profession, will no doubt be Of interest. The Window Dresser or Display ...
G. L. Timmins, 1831
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Retail
A window dresser makes attractive displays of stock in a window, with the aim of making the shop appeal to passing customers so that they go inside. Window dressers might have to put together special themed displays (for Christmas, ...
Najoud Ensaff, Anne Rooney, 2010
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Beautiful People: My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints
My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints Simon Doonan. bitchy-looking lady into a white mink stole as they both contemplated their gleaming new Bentley. The upstairs window dresser played his roles with aplomb. He had a posh, snooty air, ...
Simon Doonan, 2009
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101 Life Skills Games for Children: Learning, Growing, ...
Mannequins. Goals 0 Making nonaggressive physical contact 0 Developing social awareness 0 Improving visual awareness 0 Learning to cooperate How to Play: Groups of four to eight players are formed. One player is the window dresser.
Bernie Badegruber, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINDOW DRESSER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term window dresser is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Window Dresser
Located in Plymouth we are experts in window dressing and soft furnishings, offering a well-established made-to-measure curtain and Roman blind service that ... «Plymouth Herald, Feb 15»
2
The window dresser: retired teacher creates art on China's dirty cars
They are not the type of drawings usually spotted on dirt-caked car windows. But the finger art by an old man in Chengdu depicting young women in ancient ... «South China Morning Post, Jan 15»
3
Beyoncé's stylist Ty Hunter is ready to dress the masses
It was 1995, and window dresser Ty Hunter was working at a trendy boutique called Bui-Yah- Kah in Houston, Texas. There, he assisted customers — including ... «New York Post, Dec 14»
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Moline window dresser creates wonderlands at her fingertips
MOLINE -- The winter-themed scene in the big window is perfect. ... When a window dressing is removed from one of the two Lagomarcino locations, it goes into ... «Quad-Cities Online, Nov 14»
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Window Dresser ChadMichael Morrisette is LA's Mannequin Man
Being LA's "'mannequin man' [...] was never my dream," Morrisette tells us. Growing up in the Mormon faith, the West Hollywood-based window dresser says he ... «Racked, Nov 14»
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Barneys' Creative Ambassador Simon Doonan On Fashion and …
“I never understood why anybody would want to be an artist when they could be a window dresser,” says Simon Doonan, the man who's been a window dresser ... «Variety, Feb 14»
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Window dressing: Visual stylists talk shop for Christmas
Call them window dressers or display coordinators. Visual merchandisers or visual managers. Interior designers or creative directors. At this time of year, call ... «Indianapolis Star, Dec 13»
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Tales of a Bergdorf Goodman Window Dresser
In 1897, L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was the first to acknowledge window dressing as a fashion and art entity in and of itself. «Daily Beast, Dec 13»
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Simon Doonan Plays Window Dresser for Small Business Saturday
In honor of American Express' latest small business initiative on Nov. 30, the Barneys creative ambassador made a whimsical window for L.A.'s Surfing ... «Hollywood Reporter, Nov 13»
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Window Dresser Supreme Simon Doonan Brings Eleganza To …
At the grand unveiling this morning, Doonan told NewNowNext he used traditional marquee and dressing room lights to give the window a true Broadway feel. «NewNowNext, May 13»

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