Dexter

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkstɚ/

Proper noun

Dexter

1. An occupational surname​ for a female dyer.
2. Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
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.

Noun

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.

Etymology

From English Dexter.

Proper noun

Dexter

1. a male given name

Etymology

Borrowed from English Dexter.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛksteʁ/

Proper noun

Dexter m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Dexter