What does "hector" mean?
Hector: A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
Additional senses
- 2.To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. Dryden.
- 3.To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. Swift.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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