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dexters

dexters is the plural of dexter.

Meaning of dexter

Noun

dexter (plural dexters)

  1. (archaic outside heraldry) The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).
    • Subtracting the second from the first, the third from the second and the first from the third successively, we obtain, after transposition, the following identities: — [several equations]
      But, the sinisters being exact differentials, the dexters are so. Consequently [...]1879, London Mathematical Society, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, page 112

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Noun capitalized: Dexters

Dexters

  1. (plural) plural of Dexter

Questions about dexters

What is dexters the plural of?
Dexters is the plural of dexter.
What part of speech is dexters?
Dexters is a noun.

Words near dexters in the dictionary

  1. dexterities
  2. dexterity
  3. dexterous
  4. dexterously
  5. dexterousness
  6. dexters
  7. dexterwise
  8. dextofisopam
  9. Dextra
  10. dextrad
  11. dextral

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