Poindexter may refer to:
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Poindexter (surname) Poindexter is a Jèrriais surname most commonly found in the United States, but originally from the island of Jersey between Britain and France, where it survives in its original form of Poingdestre.
Notable people and characters with the name incl ...
, a Jèrriais surname; origin and a list of people with the name
Characters
* Poindexter, a character in the animated TV series
''Felix the Cat'' (1959–1962), whose name has become a slang term meaning "a bookish or socially unskilled person"
* Poindexter, the main character in the film ''
The People Under the Stairs
''The People Under the Stairs'' is a 1991 American horror comedy film written and directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, and A. J. Langer. The plot follows a young boy and two adult robbers who become tra ...
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* Arnold Poindexter, a character in the film ''
Revenge of the Nerds
''Revenge of the Nerds'' is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Jeff Kanew and starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Ted McGinley, and Bernie Casey. The film's plot chronicles a group of nerds at the fictional Adams College trying ...
'' and its sequels
Places in the United States
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Poindexter, Georgia
Murrays Crossroads (also Murray, Murrays Cross Roads, and Poindexter) was an unincorporated community in Schley County, Georgia, United States. It was located at the intersection of U.S. Route 19 with State Route 240, to the north of the city of ...
, an unincorporated community also known as Murrays Crossroads
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Poindexter, Virginia
Poindexter is an unincorporated community in Louisa County, Virginia, United States It is located at the 4-way intersection of minor Virginia State Routes 613 (Poindexter Road) and 640 (Jack Jouett Road). State Route 717 (Central Branch Road ...
, an unincorporated community
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Poindexter Village
Poindexter Village was a historic public housing complex in the King-Lincoln Bronzeville neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Today, the remaining two buildings are set to become the Poindexter Village Museum and Cultural Center.
Poindexter Village w ...
, Columbus, Ohio, a historic public housing complex
Other uses
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''Poindexter'' (mixtape), a 2009 mixtape by Childish Gambino
See also
* ''SS Alan Poindexter'', a spaceship involved in
Cygnus CRS OA-5
OA-5, previously known as Orbital-5, was the seventh planned flight of the Orbital Sciences' uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its sixth flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA ...
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