hector
Plural: hectors
Noun
- (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
- Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
Verb
Verb Forms: hectored, hectoring, hectors
- To talk to someone in a bullying or domineering way.
- be bossy towards
- To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
- To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
Examples
- He would hector his Scrabble opponents, hoping to intimidate them into making mistakes.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, push around, strong-arm, huff, terrorise, terrorize
Scrabble Score: 11
hector: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhector: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hector: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary