hector
see also: Hector
Pronunciation Noun
Hector
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see also: Hector
Pronunciation Noun
hector (plural hectors)
- Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering#Adjective|blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully#Noun|bully.
hector (hectors, present participle hectoring; past and past participle hectored)
- (transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering#Adjective|blustering way; to bully#Verb|bully, to domineer.
- Synonyms: terrorise, terrorize
- (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster#Verb|bluster, to swagger#Verb|swagger; to bully.
- Synonyms: huff
- 1920, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Alvina Becomes Allaye”, in The Lost Girl, London: Martin Secker […], OCLC 560930974 ↗, page 190 ↗:
- Leave me alone! Will you leave me alone! Hectored by women all my life—hectored by women—first one, then another. I won't stand it—I won't stand it—
- German: einschüchtern
- Spanish: intimidar
- German: mobben, schikanieren
- Spanish: tiranizar
Hector
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