Usually means: Bullies or intimidates others aggressively.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. hectors: Merriam-Webster
  2. hectors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Hectors, hectors: Vocabulary.com
  4. Hector's, Hectors, Hectors, hectors: Wordnik
  5. hectors: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hectors: Wiktionary
  7. hectors: Dictionary.com
  8. Hectors: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. hectors: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hectors: Legal dictionary

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  1. hectors: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hector)

noun:  Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.
verb:  (transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
verb:  (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
noun:  (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek.
noun:  A place name:
noun:  A town in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
noun:  A settlement in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A town in Pope County, Arkansas.
noun:  A locality in Clay County, Kentucky.
noun:  A city in Renville County, Minnesota.
noun:  A town in Schuyler County, New York, named after Hector Ely.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
noun:  A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
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