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Hector
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- 1 A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad. Greek, Roman
- 2 A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 3 A place name:; A town in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
- 4 A place name:; A settlement in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
- 5 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Pope County, Arkansas.
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- 6 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A locality in Clay County, Kentucky.
- 7 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A city in Renville County, Minnesota.
- 8 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Schuyler County, New York, named after Hector Ely.
- 9 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
- 10 A place name:; A number of places in the United States:; A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
- 1 Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
"Luc[ia]. VVhat would you do you dowty Hectors? / Kick. Hectors! upon my honour, if we can find them out, we'll beat your Gallants for this. / […] Luc. Advant, you Hectors, we are not fit for you: […]"
- 1 To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer. transitive
"Theſe Nimrods (ſay they) grew great by the Strength of their Limbs and their Vices, engraved their Murthers upon their Shields, and Hectored all the Little and Peaceable People into Peaſantry."
- 2 be bossy towards wordnet
- 3 To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully. intransitive
"[…] I was ſent for by the marſhall, huffed and hectored ſtrangely, thretned, &c., in fine, muſte give bonds to the good behaviour; I refuſed, […]"
Etymology
From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”). The verb is derived from the noun.
From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”). The verb is derived from the noun.
From Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).
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