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<span class="bold large">H.ec/tor</span> <span class="medium">|ˈhektər|</span> <span class="sans">Greek Mythology</span><br/>
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<p class="paragraph">a Trojan warrior, son of <a href="#priam">Priam</a> and <a href="#hecuba">Hecuba</a> and husband of <a href="#andromache">Andromache</a>. He was killed by <a href="#achilles">Achilles</a>, who dragged his body behind his chariot three times around the walls of Troy.</p><br/>
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<span class="bold large">h.ec/tor</span> <span class="medium">|ˈhektər|</span><br/>
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<p class="paragraph">talk to (someone) in a bullying way: <span class="italic">she doesn't hector us about giving up things</span> | [as adj.] (<span class="bold">hectoring</span>) <span class="italic">a brusque, hectoring manner</span>.</p><br/>
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<span class="bold">h.ec/tor-ing-ly</span> <span class="medium">|ˈhekt(ə)ri <span class="caps">ng</span> lē|</span> adverb<br/>
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ORIGIN late Middle English : from the Greek name <span class="bold caps">Hector</span>. Originally denoting a hero, the sense later became [braggart or bully] (applied in the late 17th cent. to a member of a gang of youths in London, England), hence [talk to in a bullying way.]<br/> |