dexter

UK /ˈdɛks.tə/ US /ˈdɛks.tɝ/
name 4noun 2adj 1

Definitions

adj

1

Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)

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

Displaying his dexter palm, he exclaimed that there was a hand that never took a bribe; whereupon a smart auditor cried "How about the one behind your back?"

noun

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 [...]

On the dexter of the court is a long hall with an arched ceiling and a door, leading to a small oblong shrine with a vaulted ceiling.

name

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.

3

Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.

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.

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