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hec·tor (hek′tər)

noun

a swaggering fellow; bully

Etymology: after Hector: in early pop. drama he was portrayed as a bully

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to browbeat; bully
Hector definition

Hec·tor (hek′tər)

noun

  1. a masculine name
  2. in Homer's Iliad, the greatest Trojan hero, killed by Achilles to avenge the death of Patroclus: he is Priam's oldest son

Etymology: L < Gr Hektōr, lit., holding fast < echein, to hold, have: for IE base see school

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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