Hec"tor (?), n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.]
A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
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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.
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Hec"tor, v. i.
To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
Swift.
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