DEXTER

Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left. On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope. On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side. Dexter chief, or Dexter point (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut. -- Dexter base, a point in the dexter lower part or base of the shield, as B in the cut.

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

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. | Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname. | A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States. | A male given name transferred from the surname.

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.