hector
Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellowSometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
» I will no longer be intimidated by your hectoring.
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1 sensesSometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
- (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
Examples
17 sentencesI will no longer be intimidated by your hectoring.
The strikers hectored the few scabs courageous enough to cross the picket line.
deDie Streikenden schüchterten die wenigen Streikbrecher ein, die es wagten, die Streikpostenkette zu überqueren. — Yorwba
The mediator asked the unruly members of the audience to stop hectoring the speaker.
ruПосредник попросил недисциплинированных слушателей перестать беспокоить оратора. — carlosalberto
deDer Mediator forderte die undisziplinierten Zuhörer auf, den Redner nicht mehr zu belästigen. — carlosalberto
Achilles defeated Hector, but after a short time he himself was killed in battle.
Mum! Hector's doing my head in!
deMama! Hektor geht mir auf den Wecker! — Esperantostern
Origin
From Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greateFrom Hector (“in Greek and Roman mythology, a character in Homer’s Iliad who is the greatest warrior of Troy”), from Late Middle English Hector (“warrior with the qualities of Hector”), from Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).
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