dexter
Collocations
5ADJ.
turned
VERB + DEXTER
displaying, lowered, runs
DEXTER + NOUN
checke, city, council, eyelid, johnny, palm, tosilog
PREP.
from, on
ADV.
slowly
Definitions
adj
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
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
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.
Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
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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6my Mothers bloud / Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter / Bounds in my fathers:
WiktionaryDisplaying 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?"
WiktionaryClovis wiped the trace of Turkish coffee and the beginnings of a smile from his lips, and slowly lowered his dexter eyelid.
WiktionarySubtracting 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 sin
WiktionaryOn 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.
WiktionaryState 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 Frida
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