hector

Meanings

Noun

• Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, 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.

Origin

• , from Late Middle English Hector ("warrior with the qualities of Hector"), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ, from ἕκτωρ, from ἔχειν, present active infinitive of ἔχω, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ("to hold; to overpower").
• The verb is derived from the noun.