DEXTER

dexter

(adjective) on or starting from the wearer’s right

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Dexter

An occupational surname for a female dyer.

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

A male given name from surnames.

Noun

Dexter (plural Dexters)

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

Adjective

dexter (not comparable)

Right; on the right-hand side.

Noun

dexter (plural dexters)

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

The right hand.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dex"ter, a. Etym: [L.,; akin to Gr. dakshi (cf. daksh to be strong, suit); Goth. taihswa, OHG. zeso. Cf. Dexterous.]

1. Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left. On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope.

2. (Her.)

Definition: On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side. Dexter chief, or Dexter point (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut.

– Dexter base, a point in the dexter lower part or base of the shield, as B in the cut.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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