Dexter
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Dyster
Etymology
Variant of Dyster.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
male given name
Noun
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
Etymology
Proper noun
Dexter
- a male given name from English
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Dexter. Doublet of destro.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Dex‧ter
Proper noun
Dexter m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Dexter