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D0186700 (dĕk′stər)adj.1. Of or located on the right side.2. Heraldry Situated on or being the side of a shield on the wearer's right and the observer's left.3. Obsolete Auspicious; favorable.

[Latin; see deks- in Indo-European roots.]

dexter

(ˈdɛkstə) adj1. archaic of or located on the right side2. (Heraldry) (usually postpositive) heraldry of, on, or starting from the right side of a shield from the bearer's point of view and therefore on the spectator's left[C16: from Latin; compare Greek dexios on the right hand]

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(ˈdɛkstə) n (Breeds) a small breed of red or black beef cattle, originally from Ireland[C19: perhaps from the surname of the original breeder]

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(ˈdɛkstə) n (Biography) John. 1925–90, British actor and theatre director

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adj. 1. on the right side; right. 2. being or pertaining to the side of a heraldic shield to the right of the bearer. Compare sinister (def. 5). [1555–65; < Latin: right-hand, favorable; akin to Gothic taihswa, Old Irish dess, Greek dexiós, Lithuanian dẽšinas, Skt dakṣina]

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Adj.

dexter - on or starting from the wearer's rightheraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogiesdextral - of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost"

Translations

dexter

a small breed of red or black beef cattle, originally from Ireland

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(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

Dexter (from a Latin term meaning “right”) refers to one of the many ways of classifying astrological aspects. The antonym is sinister (meaning “left,” not “evil”). A dexter aspect occurs when a faster-moving planet makes an aspect with a slower-moving planet that is located clockwise from it (to the “right”) in the zodiac. While astrologers from Ptolemy onward have regarded dexter and sinister aspects as having somewhat different influences, the differences are comparatively minor. In most general natal chart readings, this distinction is ignored.

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(L.) right; on the right side.

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(deks'tĕr), This form of the adjective is used only with masculine nouns (pulmo dexter, plural pulmones dextri). With feminine nouns the form dextra is used (auricular dextra, plural auriculae dextrae), and with neuter nouns the form dextrum (atrium dextrum, plural atria dextra). Avoid the misspellings/mispronunciations dextera, dexterae, dexteri, dexterum.Located on or relating to the right side. [L. fr. dextra, neut. dextrum]

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(deks'tĕr) Located on or relating to the right side. [L. fr. dextra, neut. dextrum]

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(D) (deks'tĕr) Latin meaning located on or relating to the right side. [L. fr. dextra, neut. dextrum]

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