Dexter

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdÉ›kstÉ™/

Origin

From Latin dexter, from Proto-Indo-European *deks(i)-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European *deks- ("right") (Pokorny, Watkins, 1969; et al.) Compare Homeric Greek δεξιτερός (dexiteros) "right hand", δεξιός (dexios), "right", Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, "right").

Full definition of dexter

Adjective

1. Right; on the right-hand side.
• 1911, Saki, ‘The Match-Maker’, The Chronicles of Clovis:Clovis wiped the trace of Turkish coffee and the beginnings of a smile from his lips, and slowly lowered his dexter eyelid.

Noun

1. (heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
2. right hand