Meaning

1 senses

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

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Sami turned from Dexter to a Johnny Bravo.

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  2. Dexter is eating Tosilog in the kitchen.

    deDexter isst Tosilog in der Küche.

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).

Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).

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Forms

plural: dexters
Singulardexter
Pluraldexters

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsinister

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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