dextrer

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dextrer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Destrer \Des*trer"\, Dextrer \Dex"trer\, n. [OF. destrier, fr.
     L. dextra on the right side. The squire led his master's
     horse beside him, on his right hand. Skeat.]
     A war horse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  Dextrer \Dex*trer"\, n.
     A war horse; a destrer. [Obs.] "By him baiteth his dextrer."
     --Chaucer.
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