hector
11hector — ► VERB ▪ talk to in a bullying or intimidating way. DERIVATIVES hectoring adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting a hero, later a braggart or bully: from the Trojan warrior Hector in Homer s Iliad …
12hector — [hek′tər] n. [after HECTOR: in early pop. drama he was portrayed as a bully] a swaggering fellow; bully vt., vi. to browbeat; bully SYN. BAIT …
13Hector — Hec tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hectoring}.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
14Hector — Hec tor, v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. Swift. [1913 Webster] …
15Hector [1] — Hector, s. Hektor …
16Hector [2] — Hector, Städtischer Bezirk mit Postamt (Posttownship) in der Grafschaft Tompkins des Staates New York (Nordamerika) am Seneca See; 6500 Ew …
17Hector — HECTOR, ŏris, Gr. Ἕκτωρ, ορος, (⇒ Tab. XXXI.) 1 §. Aeltern. Sein Vater war Priamus, König zu Troja, seine Mutter aber Hekuba, des Priamus eigentliche Gemahlinn, deren erster, oder ältester Prinz er war. Apollod. l. III c. 11. §. 5. Indessen… …
18hector — I verb badger, bait, beset, bluster, bother, browbeat, bully, cow, distress, disturb, fret, gibe, goad, harass, harrow, harry, heckle, hound, insult, intimidate, irritate, jeer, menace, molest, nag, nettle, offend, persecute, pester, plague,… …
19Hector — m 1 English and Scottish (also French and Spanish): name borne in classical legend by the Trojan champion, who was killed by the Greek Achilles. His name (Greek Hektōr) seems to be an agent derivative of Greek ekhein to check, restrain. 2… …
20Hector — in ancient Greek stories, the leader of the Trojans in the Trojan War. He was killed by the Greek ↑Achilles, who then tied his body to the back of his ↑chariot and drove around the walls of ↑Troy to show the Trojans that he had killed their… …
