Dexter
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See also: dexter
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): Dyster
Etymology[edit]
Variant of Dyster.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dexter
- A surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.
- Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
- A town in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.
- A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1969, Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, pages 204–205:
- I was in Atlanta with our three children — our second son, Dexter, named for our beloved church in Montgomery, had been born in January, and was still an infant.
Translations[edit]
male given name
Noun[edit]
Dexter (plural Dexters)
- One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable for beef and milk. They are usually chiefly black, sometimes red, and somewhat resemble a small shorthorn in build.
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dexter
- a male given name from English
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English Dexter. Doublet of destro.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dexter m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Dexter
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