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Definition of Hector
1. Verb. Be bossy towards. "They want to hector the prisoners "; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
Generic synonyms: Intimidate
Specialized synonyms: Domineer, Tyrannise, Tyrannize
2. Noun. (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.
Definition of Hector
1. n. A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
2. v. t. To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.
3. v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
Definition of Hector
1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) A Trojan hero in ''Iliad''. ¹
2. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name) ¹
3. Noun. A bully; a blustering, turbulent, noisy fellow. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To behave like a bully; swagger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hector
1. to bully [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: bully
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hector
Literary usage of Hector
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Iliad by Homer, W. G. Caldcleugh (1870)
"It is agreed that it shall be decided by a single combat between hector and Ajax.
... THEN through the gate hector and Paris rushed, Both full of fire, ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Then fit an arrow to the tuneful string, To «horn plume-nodding hector thus
reply'd: " These, woman, are my care; but much I fear The Trojan youth, ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"When Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in 1569, was routed, he hid himself
in the House of hector Armstrong, of Har- law. This villain betrayed him for ..."
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