Usually means: Nerdy, intellectual, socially awkward person.
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  1. Poindexter, poindexter: Merriam-Webster
  2. Poindexter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Poindexter, poindexter: Wordnik
  4. Poindexter, poindexter: Wiktionary
  5. Poindexter: Dictionary.com
  6. Poindexter (album), Poindexter (surname), Poindexter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Poindexter: Rhymezone

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  1. poindexter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Poindexter)

▸ noun:  A surname from Jersey Norman.
▸ noun:  (US, informal) A bookish or socially unskilled person.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Poindexter [A surname from Jersey Norman.]

Similar:
Dorsey, Dansie, Pierpont, Devereux, Deverau, Doniphan, Pennix, Dickerson, Devereaux, Devreux, more...

Opposite:
jock, athlete, popular kid

Types:
know-it-all, smart aleck, egghead, brainiac, nerd, dweeb, geek, more...

Phrases:
miles poindexter, george poindexter, John Poindexter, John B. Poindexter, Larry Poindexter, more...

Adjectives:
former, national, old, young, miles, republican, retired, general, anti, late



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Similar:
Dorsey, Dansie, Pierpont, Devereux, Deverau, Doniphan, Pennix, Dickerson, Devereaux, Devreux, more...

Opposite:
jock, athlete, popular kid

Types:
know-it-all, smart aleck, egghead, brainiac, nerd, dweeb, geek, more...

Phrases:
miles poindexter, george poindexter, John Poindexter, John B. Poindexter, Larry Poindexter, Alan G. Poindexter, more...

Adjectives:
former, national, old, young, miles, republican, retired, general, anti, late



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