Dexter Definition

dĕkstər

adjective

Of or on the right-hand side.

Webster's New World

On the right-hand side of a shield (the left as seen by the viewer)

Webster's New World

Auspicious because seen on the right.

Webster's New World

noun

(heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.

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Right hand.

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pronoun

An occupational surname for a female dyer.

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Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada, named for persons with the surname.

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A male given name transferred from the surname.

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Other Word Forms of Dexter

Singular:

dexter

Plural:

dexters

From Latin dexter, from Proto-Indo-European *deks(i)-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European *deks- (“right”) (Pokorny, Watkins, 1969; et al.) Compare Homeric Greek δεξιτερός (dexiteros) "right hand", δεξιός (dexios), "right", Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right”).

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Latin deks- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition