dexter

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, A An occupational) for a female dyer.
  2. Proper noun.  Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
  3. Proper noun.  (given name, male) transferred from the surname.
  4. Adjective.  Right; on the right-hand side.
  5. Noun.  (heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
  6. Noun.  right hand.

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