Dexter
See also: dexter
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (surname): Dyster
Etymology
editVariant of Dyster.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDexter
- 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
editmale given name
Noun
editDexter (plural Dexters)
Cebuano
editEtymology
editProper noun
editDexter
- a male given name from English
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Dexter. Doublet of destro.
Pronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editDexter m
- a male given name from English, equivalent to English Dexter
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