hector

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛktə/

The English word “hector” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.

verb

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.

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…

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