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.

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