Dexter is a Latin adjective meaning "on the right hand side, skillful, fortunate, favorable, proper, fitting". Dexter may also refer to: Dexter in dexter and sinister, a heraldry term referring to the right of the bearer of the arms, and to the left by the viewer's vision Dexter (name) Dexter's Laboratory, an American animated series that aired from 1996 to 2003 Dexter (TV series) (2006–2013), an American television drama series loosely based on the series of novels by Jeff Lindsay "Dexter" (episode), the pilot and first episode