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adj
Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: archaic outside heraldry
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Antonyms: sinister
name
A surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.
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name
Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
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name
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.
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name
Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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noun
The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: archaic outside heraldry
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noun
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.
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adjective satellite
on or starting from the wearer's right
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).
Variant of Dyster.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
