VLVL: Hector

Glenn Scheper glenn_scheper at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 6 07:08:54 CST 2004


Look who is Word of the Day for Friday February 6, 2004:

   hector \HEK-tur\, noun:
   A bully.

   transitive verb:
   To intimidate or harass in a blustering way; to bully.

   intransitive verb:
   To play the bully; to bluster.

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   Hector derives from Greek Hektor, in Greek mythology the chief
   Trojan warrior and the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy.

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