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dexter

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛks.tə/

The English word “dexter” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)

noun

  1. The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).

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