Bureau
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
(2): (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.
(3): (n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
(4): (n.) The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A name given to a department of public administration, hence bureaucracy, a name for government by bureaux.
