LekhoriLekhoriRight; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.
my Mothers bloud / Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter / Bounds in my fathers:
The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).
Subtracting the second from the first, the third from the second and the first from the third successively, we obtain, after transposition, the following identities: — [several equations] But, the sinisters being exact differentials, the dexters are so. Consequently [...]
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.
A surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.
State and local leaders, including US Sen. Jeff Merkley, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, US Rep. Maxine Dexter and City Council members, urged the community to stay peaceful at a news conference on Friday night, according to CNN affiliate KPTV, after the city saw an increase in activity by federal agents.
Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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.