dexter

adj

1. (not-comparable)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?"”

   “Clovis wiped the trace of Turkish coffee and the beginnings of a smile from his lips, and slowly lowered his dexter eyelid.”

   “The shield was divided into five, with two coats of arms on the dexter side (the right-hand side from the point of view of the bearer of the shield)—London and Southampton—and three on the sinister side—Salisbury, Winchester and Portsmouth.”

   “[…] the dexter lion being gorged […]”

noun

1. 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.”

2. 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.

name

1. 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.”

2. Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
3. Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
4. 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.”