hector
IPA: hˈɛktɝ
noun
- Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek
verb
- (transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
- (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
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Examples of "hector" in Sentences
- He hectored his mother until she bought it for him.
- My hectoring succeeded only in making her miserable.
- There are probably more a.noying things than being hectored.
- Hector lands the helicopter in the cove where the crocodile lives.
- It also seemed more like hectoring then genuinely seeking answers.
- Myra Rose Blanch was the fourth child of Hector and Elizabeth Blanch.
- I certainly don't need to be hectored about my right to own my property.
- Jack, undercover, is working with Hector to locate the source of the virus.
- He suffered his first defeat to unheralded heavyweight Hector Ferreyro in 2007.
- Having no communication strategy means him being constantly in the nation's face, hectoring incessantly, unconstrained by priorities.
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