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hector

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Hec⋅tor

  [hek-ter]
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–noun
1. Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
2. (lowercase) a blustering, domineering person; a bully.
3. a male given name.
–verb (used with object)
4. (lowercase) to treat with insolence; bully; torment: The teacher hectored his students incessantly.
–verb (used without object)
5. (lowercase) to act in a blustering, domineering way; be a bully.
Origin:
< L < Gk Héktōr, special use of adj. héktōr holding fast

Synonyms:
4. torture, persecute; badger, harass.
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hec·tor   (hěk'tər)   
n.  A bully.
v.   hec·tored, hec·tor·ing, hec·tors

v.   tr.
To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.
v.   intr.
To behave like a bully; swagger.

[Latin Hectōr, Hektor, from Greek Hektōr.]
Hec·tor   (hěk'tər)   
n.   Greek Mythology
A Trojan prince, the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, killed by Achilles in Homer's Iliad.
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Cultural Dictionary

Hector

In classical mythology, a prince of Troy and the bravest of the Trojan warriors. At the end of the Trojan War, Achilles killed Hector and then dragged his body behind a chariot around the walls of Troy.

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Word Origin & History

hector 
1387, "a valiant warrior," 1660 as slang for "a blustering, turbulent, pervicacious, noisy fellow" [Johnson], both in allusion to the provocative character of Hektor, Trojan hero, oldest son of Priam and Hecuba, in the "Iliad." It represents Gk. hektor, lit. "holder, stayer;" an agent noun from ekhein "to have, hold, possess." As a proper name, rare in England but used in Scotland to render Gael. Eachdonn.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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