dexter. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

dexter

SYLLABICATION:	dex·ter
PRONUNCIATION:	dkstr
ADJECTIVE:	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.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin. See deks- in Appendix I.


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