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hec·tor

H0121000 (hĕk′tər)n. A bully.v. hec·tored, hec·tor·ing, hec·tors v.tr. To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.v.intr. To behave like a bully; swagger.
[From earlier Hector, valiant warrior, swaggerer, after Hector.]

Hec·tor

H0121000 (hĕk′tər)n. Greek Mythology A Trojan prince, the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, killed by Achilles in Homer's Iliad.
[Latin Hectōr, from Greek Hektōr.]