dexter
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dexter1 /ˈdɛkstə/
▶adjective archaic & Heraldry on or towards the right-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e. the left as it is depicted). The opposite of sinister.
– origin C16: from L., ‘on the right’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dexter2 /ˈdɛkstə/
▶noun an animal of a small, hardy breed of Irish cattle.
– origin C19: said to have been named after the breeder.
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