DEXTER
dexter
(adjective) on or starting from the wearer’s right
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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