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