What is the name meaning of DEXTER. Phrases containing DEXTER
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Boy/Male
African, American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Jamaican, Latin
Dexterous; Right Handed; Dyer; Woman Dyer; One who
Girl/Female
British, English, Latin
Dyer; Skillful; Dexterous; Adroit; Right-handed
Surname or Lastname
English (East Midlands)
English (East Midlands) : occupational name from Middle English dyster ‘dyer’ (see Dyer).
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Dexterous
Boy/Male
Arabic
Skilfulness; Dexterity
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a wool or flax comber, Middle English kem(be)stere (an agent derivative of Old English cemban ‘to comb’). Although this was originally a feminine form of the masculine kembere, by the Middle English period the suffix -stre had lost its feminine force, and the term was used to refer to both sexes. Compare Baxter, Brewster, Dexter.
Boy/Male
English American Latin
From a surname meaning 'dyer'.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : occupational name or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant’, ‘apprentice’, or ‘miner’.German : in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English knappe, Old English cnæpp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.German and western Slavic : variant of Knabe.
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English
From the deer spring.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
King of the Risen Sun
Girl/Female
Hindi Indian
Jewel.
Boy/Male
Teutonic
Defending ruler.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Blessing of Goddess Parvati
Boy/Male
Indian
Always Win; Always Winner
Boy/Male
Hindu
Satisfied, Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Christian, Danish, Indian
Dove
Girl/Female
Hawaiian
The flower wreath; the beloved.
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Aminta, AMINTAH means "defender."
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n.
An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
a.
Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.
a.
Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
v. t.
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.
adv.
In a dexterous manner; skillfully.
a.
A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
a.
The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.
n.
Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.
v.
Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
v. t.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
a.
Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management.
n.
Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
n.
Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.
a.
Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy.
n.
A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.
a.
Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.
n.
The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.
n.
The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
a.
Dexterous.
a.
Cunning; dexterous.