What is the name meaning of DEXTER. Phrases containing DEXTER
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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.
Girl/Female
British, English, Latin
Dyer; Skillful; Dexterous; Adroit; Right-handed
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Dexterous
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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.
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African, American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Jamaican, Latin
Dexterous; Right Handed; Dyer; Woman Dyer; One who
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English (East Midlands)
English (East Midlands) : occupational name from Middle English dyster ‘dyer’ (see Dyer).
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Arabic
Skilfulness; Dexterity
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English American Latin
From a surname meaning 'dyer'.
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Irish
Good health.
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Muslim
Decorator of modesty
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American, British, Celtic, English, Irish
World Ruler; In Mythology the Irish Donn was Known as King of the Underworld; Brown
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Hindu
Lord of life
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American, Australian
First Month of the Year; Janus Month
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Indian, Sanskrit
Wanderer; Itinerant
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Joy; Delight; Happiness; Water
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Arabic
Arranger; Adjuster
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Skillful; Expert; Wise; The Wisest Minister of King Dhrutarashtra's Cabinet in Great Indian Epic; Skilful
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Latin
From a great estate.
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a.
A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks.
n.
The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.
n.
An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
a.
Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management.
n.
Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
a.
Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy.
v. t.
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.
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Dexterous.
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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.
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Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
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Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.
n.
Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.
v. t.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
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.
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Cunning; dexterous.
v.
Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
n.
Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.
n.
The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
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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.
adv.
In a dexterous manner; skillfully.