Dexter may refer to:

People

Dexter (given name) Dexter is an English masculine given name. It is a transferred use of a surname derived from the Old English word ''deagestre'', meaning “dyer of cloth.” Dexter is also a Latin language, Latin term meaning ''skillful.'' Usage of the name might ...

* Dexter (surname) * Dexter (singer), Brazilian rapper Marcos Fernandes de Omena (born 1973) * Famous Dex, also known as Dexter, American rapper Dexter Tiewon Gore Jr. (born 1993)

Places

United States

* Dexter, Georgia, a town * Dexter, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Dexter, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Dexter, Iowa, a city * Dexter Township, Cowley County, Kansas ** Dexter, Kansas, a city * Dexter, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Dexter, Maine, a town ** Dexter (CDP), Maine, a census-designated place ** Dexter Regional Airport * Dexter Township, Michigan * Dexter, Michigan, a city located near, though distinct from, Dexter Township * Dexter Township, Mower County, Minnesota **

Dexter, Minnesota Dexter is a city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 324 at the 2020 census. History Dexter was platted in 1874 and named for Dexter Parrit, an early settler. A post office has been in operation at Dexter since 1 ...

, a city *

Dexter, Missouri Dexter is a city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, founded in 1873. The population was 7,927 at the 2020 census. History Dexter was platted in 1873. Mr. Dex, an early settler, gave the community the name of his horse, Dexter. Dexte ...

, a city * Dexter, New Mexico, a town * Dexter, New York, a village ** Dexter Marsh * Dexter City, Ohio, a village * Dexter, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Lane County * Dexter State Recreation Site, Lane County, Oregon, a state park * Dexter Reservoir, also known as Dexter Lake, near Dexter, Oregon * Dexter, Wisconsin, a town *

Dexter (community), Wisconsin Friendship is a town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,406 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Dexter and Van Dyne, Wisconsin, Van Dyne are located within the to ...

, an unincorporated community in the town of Friendship

Canada

* Dexter, a community in

Central Elgin Central Elgin is a municipality located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada in Elgin County on Lake Erie. It is part of the London census metropolitan area. History Central Elgin was formed in 1998 through the amalgamation of the Township of Yarmo ...

, Ontario

Schools in the United States

Dexter High School (Michigan) Dexter High School (DHS) is a public high school located in Scio Township, Michigan, with a Dexter postal address, serving grades 9-12. Melanie Nowak is the school's current principal. Dexter High School is one of only two schools in the United ...

, Dexter, Michigan *

Dexter Regional High School Dexter Regional High School is a public high school in Dexter, Maine, United States. During the 2012–13 school year, DRHS had approx. 300 enrolled students. In 2002, the school had a graduation rate of 81.52%, below the state's rate of 86.71%. ...

, Dexter, Maine *

Dexter School The Dexter Southfield School is an independent co-educational day school located in Brookline, Massachusetts, educating students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Dexter Southfield was founded in 1926 as the Dexter School. In 2013 the ...

, a private boys' school in Brookline, Massachusetts

Science and technology

* dexter, an instance of

psychometric software Psychometric software refers to specialized programs used for the psychometric analysis of data obtained from tests, questionnaires, polls or inventories that measure latent psychoeducational variables. Although some psychometric analyses can be ...

Dexter (malware) Dexter is a computer virus or Point-of-sale malware, point of sale (PoS) malware which infects computers running Microsoft Windows and was discovered by IT security firm Seculert, in December 2012. It infects Point of sale, PoS systems worldwide ...

, a computer virus * Dexter (robot), a dynamically balancing bipedal humanoid robot research project by Anybots * Dexter Award, presented by the American Chemical Society from 1956 until 2001 * Dexter National Fish Hatchery & Technology Center, Dexter, New Mexico, United States

Ships

* USCGC ''Dexter'', United States Coast Guard ships * USRC ''Dexter'', United States Revenue Cutter Service ships

Structures

* Dexter Building, Chicago, Illinois, United States * Dexter Cabin, Leadville, Colorado, United States * Dexter House (disambiguation)

Other uses

* Dexter, Latin for the direction "

right Rights are law, legal, social, or ethics, ethical principles of freedom or Entitlement (fair division), entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal sy ...

" ** Dexter, in

dexter and sinister ''Dexter'' and ''sinister'' are terms used in heraldry to refer to specific locations in an Escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon bearing a coat of arms, and to the other elements of an Achievement (heraldry), achievement. ''Dexter'' (Latin for 'ri ...

, a heraldic term referring to the right of the bearer of the arms (to the left for a viewer) ** Dexter hand, right-

handedness In human biology, handedness is an individual's preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to and causing it to be stronger, faster or more Fine motor skill, dextrous. The other hand, comparatively often the weaker, less dext ...

Dexter cattle The Dexter is an Irish breed of small cattle. It originated in the eighteenth century in County Kerry, in south-western Ireland, and appears to be named after a man named Dexter, who was factor of the estates of Lord Hawarden on Valentia Isl ...

, a breed of cattle * Dexter Air Taxi, a Russian air taxi service * ''Dexter'' (TV series), an American crime drama series that aired on Showtime. **

Dexter Morgan Dexter Morgan (born Dexter Moser), also known as The Bay Harbor Butcher, is a fictional serial killer and the antihero protagonist of the ''Dexter'' book series written by Jeff Lindsay (writer), Jeff Lindsay, as well as the Dexter (TV series), tel ...

, the protagonist of the series ** Dexter (''Dexter'' episode), the first episode of the series * ''Dexter'' (film), a 2025 Indian Tamil-language film