Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname DEXTER.

DEXTER. A contraction of De Exeter, from the city of Exeter, in Devonshire, England; anciently written Excester, from Exe, the name of the river on which it is situated, and cester, a camp or town, for the derivation of which see Chester.

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