Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - hector
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Hector
hector
I. noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Hektor Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a son of Priam, husband of Andromache, and Trojan champion slain by Achilles 2. bully, braggart II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1660 intransitive verb to play the bully ; swagger transitive verb to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure Synonyms: see bait • ~ingly adverb
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v. & n. --v.tr. bully, intimidate. --n. a bully. Derivatives hectoringly adv. Etymology: Hector, L f. Gk Hektor, Trojan hero and son of Priam in Homer's Iliad, f. its earlier use to mean 'swaggering fellow' ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. задира, хулиган; забияка 2. хвастун 3. грозить, запугивать; задирать 4. хвастать; бахвалиться Hector 1. греч. миф. Гектор 2. отважный воин ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun задира; грубиян; хулиган 2. v. задирать; застращивать; грубить, оскорблять; хулиганить Syn: see bait ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(hectors, hectoring, hectored) If you say that someone is hectoring you, you do not like the way they are trying to make you do something by bothering you and talking to you aggressively. I suppose you’ll hector me until I phone him. = bully VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval • hectoring In a loud, hectoring tone, Alan told us that he wasn’t going to waste time discussing nonsense. = bullying ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ v to speak to someone in an angry, threatening way (a hectoring, bullying tone of voice) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1660, slang for "a blustering, turbulent, pervicacious, noisy fellow" [Johnson], in allusion to the provocative character of Hektor, Trojan hero in the "Iliad." As a proper name, rare in England but used in Scotland to render Gael. Eachdonn. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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