Dexter

//ˈdɛks.tɝ// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.) not-comparable

    "my Mothers bloud / Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter / Bounds in my fathers:"

Adjective
  1. 1
    on or starting from the wearer's right wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.

    "State and local leaders, including US Sen. Jeff Merkley, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, US Rep. Maxine Dexter and City Council members, urged the community to stay peaceful at a news conference on Friday night, according to CNN affiliate KPTV, after the city saw an increase in activity by federal agents."

  2. 2
    Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.; A town in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.
  3. 3
    Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.; A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
  4. 4
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

    "I was in Atlanta with our three children — our second son, Dexter, named for our beloved church in Montgomery, had been born in January, and was still an infant."

Noun
  1. 1
    The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).

    "Subtracting the second from the first, the third from the second and the first from the third successively, we obtain, after transposition, the following identities: — [several equations] But, the sinisters being exact differentials, the dexters are so. Consequently [...]"

  2. 2
    One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable for beef and milk. They are usually chiefly black, sometimes red, and somewhat resemble a small shorthorn in build.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).

Etymology 3

Variant of Dyster.

Etymology 4

Variant of Dyster.

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