hector

Meanings

1. Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.

1. To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
2. To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.

1. A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
3. A place name:
4. A town in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
5. A settlement in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A town in Pope County, Arkansas.
8. A locality in Clay County, Kentucky.
9. A city in Renville County, Minnesota.
10. A town in Schuyler County, New York, named after Hector Ely.
11. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
12. A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.

Etymology

From 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”). The verb is derived from the noun.