dexter

dex·ter  (dkstr)

adj.

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.

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[Latin; see deks- in Indo-European roots.]

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dexter

Adjective

of or on the right side of a shield, etc., from the bearer's point of view [Latin]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dexter - on or starting from the wearer's right heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies dextral - of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost"