Dexter

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  • adjective. Of or located on the right side.
  • adjective. Situated on or being the side of a shield on the wearer's right and the observer's left.
  • adjective. Auspicious; favorable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or situated on the right hand; right, as opposed to left: as, the dexter side of a shield.
  • noun. In heraldry, that side of the shield which is toward the right when the shield is braced or fitted upon the arm; hence, the side of the field toward the left of the spectator.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable both for beef and milk. They are usually chiefly black, sometimes red, and somewhat resemble a small shorthorn in build. Called also Dexter Kerry.
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. a point in the dexter lower part or base of the shield, as B in the cut.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Right; on the right-hand side.
  • noun. The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
  • noun. right hand
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. on or starting from the wearer's right
  • Word Usage
    "MADMEN. so much better than dexter. if you think dexter is better than madmen, you are crazy."
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