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dexter
/ˈdɛks.tɝ/
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What does dexter mean?
adjective
- Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
noun
- The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).
- 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.
More meanings (7)
noun
- A serial killer who only commits crimes against worthy targets.
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
- A town in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.
- A village in the town of Brownville, Jefferson County, New York, United States, named after Simon Newton Dexter.
- A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdɛks.tɝ/
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His armorial bearings consisted of a hand dexter with a dagger, between two broken hammer-shafts, and there they remain to this day.
An old knave of clubs on the dexter; a young knave on the sinister side; both accoutred proper.
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Flitting by a low point abreast of the guard-ship, the dear old Dexter, which I knew well, some one on board of her sang out, "There goes a craft!"
Dexter reports a case of long-continued singultus in an Irish girl of eighteen, ascribed to habitual masturbation.
And to his supporters, being a sailor on the dexter, and a lion on the sinister, were given these honourable augmentations: a palm branch in the sailor's hand, and another in the paw of the lion, both proper; with a tri-coloured flag and staff in the lion's mouth.