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hector
English
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 Hect?r or Ancient Greek ????? (Hékt?r), from ????? (hékt?r, “holding fast”), from ????? (ékhein), present active infinitive of ??? (ékh?, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *se??- (“to hold; to overpower”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?kt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?kt?/
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
- Hyphenation: hec?tor
Noun
hector (plural hectors)
- Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.
Translations
Verb
hector (third-person singular simple present hectors, present participle hectoring, simple past and past participle hectored)
- (transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
- Synonyms: terrorise, terrorize
- (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
- Synonym: huff
Alternative forms
- hectour (obsolete, rare)
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- hector in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
See also
- Not to be confused with hectare.
Anagrams
- Troche, orchet, rochet, rotche, tocher, troche
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domineer
English
Etymology
From Dutch domineren, from Middle French dominer.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?d??m.?n???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
domineer (third-person singular simple present domineers, present participle domineering, simple past and past participle domineered)
- To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; to tyrannize.
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
domineer
- first-person singular present indicative of domineren
- imperative of domineren
Anagrams
- dominere
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