window dresser

noun

a person employed to trim the display windows of a store.

Origin of window dresser

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby window dresser

window, window back, window blind, window board, window box, window dresser, window dressing, window envelope, window sash, window seat, window shade

Example sentences from the Web for window-dresser

  • The window-dresser was lost again in the bank manager who has arranged a profitable overdraft.

    Tales of Chinatown |Sax Rohmer

  • To illustrate: A window-dresser is decorating the window in Woolworth's.

    Commercial Law |Samuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill

British Dictionary definitions for window-dresser

window-dresser

noun

a person employed to design and build up a display in a shop window