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Definition of Hectors
1. hector [v] - See also: hector
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hectors
Literary usage of Hectors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... some of them thirty foot high, and some laid a-cross ou the tops of others.
Tliose roaring hectors, free-booters, desperado«, aA bullying /inff. ..."
2. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Israel Gollancz (1893)
"... instead of wounding ; Death, our hearts with sweetness filling, Gently wounds,
instead of killing. 28 CLXIV. (o. ) THE hectors : A COMEDY. ..."
3. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"hectors and Vicars of Hackney, \vith list.« of Officers from 1581—1850. Nos.
4235, 3211, and 4422. Tyssen Library, Hackney. Notes and extracts relating to ..."
4. A Study of the Prologue and Epilogue in English Literature from Shakespeare by George Spencer Bower (1884)
"... Jasper Mayne, and Dryden—The " hectors of the pit"—The " tavern-wits "—The "
civet-wit"—" Tom Dove's brotherhood"—Abuse of the censors and critics ..."
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