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Dexter is a Latin adjective meaning "on the right hand side, skillful, fortunate, favorable, proper, fitting". It is a common European first name. The term may also refer to any of the following:
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Dexter is a Latin adjective meaning "on the right hand side, skillful, fortunate, favorable, proper, fitting". It is a common European first name. The term may also refer to any of the following:
- Dexter, a heraldry term referring to the right of the bearer of the arms, and to the left by the viewer's eyes
- Dexter cattle, a breed of cattle
- Dextromethorphan, cough medicine
- Dexter School, a private boys school in Brookline, Massachusetts
People
- Surname
- Al Dexter (1905–1984), American country musician and songwriter
- Brad Dexter (1917–2002), Serbian American actor
- Caroline Dexter (1819–1884), English-Australian writer and feminist
- Charles O. Dexter, American rhododendron hybridizer
- Colin Dexter, OBE, (born 1930), an English crime writer
- Darrell Dexter, Canadian politician
- Elliott Dexter (1870–1941), American film and stage actor
- Felix Dexter, an English actor, comedian, and writer
- Henry Martyn Dexter (1821–1890), American clergyman and author
- Neil Dexter (born 1984), South African-born English cricketer
- Samuel Dexter (1761–1816), American politician, US Secretary of the Treasury
- Simon Newton Dexter (1785–1862), NY merchant and politician
- Ted Dexter, Sussex and English Test cricketer
- Given name
- Dexter Blackstock (born 1986), English football player
- Dexter Dalwood (born 1960), an artist based in London
- Dexter Fletcher (born 1966), British actor
- Dexter Gordon (1923–1990), jazz tenor saxophonist
- Dexter Horton (1825–1904), founder of the first bank in the City of Seattle
- Dexter Holland (born 1965), lead singer of The Offspring
- Dexter M. Ferry (1873–1959), an American politician from Michigan
- Dexter Vines, an American comic book artist and inker
Fiction
- Dexter Morgan, a fictional criminal and blood spatter analyst created by writer Jeff Lindsay who has appeared in several media:
- The book series:
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter, (2004)
- Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005)
- Dexter in the Dark (2007)
- Dexter by Design (2009)
- Dexter (TV series) (2006–present), based on Darkly Dreaming Dexter
- Dexter's Laboratory, an American animated series that aired from 1996-2003.
Locations
- United States
- Dexter, Georgia
- Dexter, Iowa
- Dexter, Kansas
- Dexter, Maine
- Dexter, Michigan
- Dexter, Minnesota
- Dexter, Missouri
- Dexter, New Mexico
- Dexter, New York
- Dexter City, Ohio
- Dexter, Oregon
- Dexter, Wisconsin
- Dexter Township, Michigan
- Dexter Township, Minnesota
