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.
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