Dexter

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Variant of Dyster.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dexter

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.
  2. Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
    1. A town in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States.
    2. A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
  3. 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

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Noun

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Dexter (plural Dexters)

  1. 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

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Etymology

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From English Dexter.

Proper noun

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Dexter

  1. a male given name from English

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Dexter. Doublet of destro.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɛks.teʁ/ [ˈdɛks.teh], /ˈdɛ.kis.teʁ/ [ˈdɛ.kis.teh]

Proper noun

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Dexter m

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Dexter