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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hector \Hec"tor\, n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.] A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr & vb n. {Hectoring}.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence to torment by words to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hector \Hec"tor\, v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. --Swift. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Hector n : (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who has killed by Achilles during the Trojan War [syn: {Hector}] v : be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" [syn: {strong-arm}, {bully}, {browbeat}, {bullyrag}, {ballyrag}, {boss around}, {push around}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Hector, AR (town, FIPS 31150) Location: 35.46570 N, 92.97525 W Population (1990): 478 (192 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72843 Hector, MN (city, FIPS 28124) Location: 44.74143 N, 94.71269 W Population (1990): 1145 (528 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55342 Hector, NY Zip code(s): 14841 From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: HECTOR HEterogeneous Computer TOgetheR (IBM, Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)
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