The poindexter Surname
poindexter Name Meaning and History
English: nickname from Old French poing destre ‘right
fist’. This name is particularly associated with Huguenot refugees who
fled from France to England, and from there to VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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