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Dexter
Definitions
- 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:"
- 1 on or starting from the wearer's right wordnet
- 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 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 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 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."
- 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 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
Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).
Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).
Variant of Dyster.
Variant of Dyster.
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