Dexter

Adjective
dexter


 * 1) right
 * 2)  The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
 * 3) right hand

Thesaurus
astarboard, auspicious, benign, bright, clockwise, conservative, dextrad, dextral, dextrally, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, fortunate, off, on the right, propitious, reactionary, right, right-hand, right-wing, right-wingish, rightward, rightwardly, rightwards, starboard, to the right, white

Etymology
From dexter: <  <  (Pokorny, Watkins, 1969; et al.) Compare Homeric Greek δεξιτερός (dexiteros) "right hand", δεξιός (dexios), "right".

Etymology
From. Cognates include Ancient Greek δεξιός: and Sanskrit दक्षिण:.

Adjective
dexter, ' or ', ' or '; first/second declension


 * 1) right
 * 2) skillful
 * 3) fortunate, favorable
 * 4) proper, fitting

Inflection
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Derived terms

 * dextrē
 * dextrē

Descendants

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 * French: ,
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