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Definition of hector verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hector

verb
 
/ˈhektə(r)/
 
/ˈhektər/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hector
 
/ˈhektə(r)/
 
/ˈhektər/
he / she / it hectors
 
/ˈhektəz/
 
/ˈhektərz/
past simple hectored
 
/ˈhektəd/
 
/ˈhektərd/
past participle hectored
 
/ˈhektəd/
 
/ˈhektərd/
-ing form hectoring
 
/ˈhektərɪŋ/
 
/ˈhektərɪŋ/
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  1. hector somebody | + speech to try to make somebody do something by talking or behaving in an aggressive way
    • Unlike many environmentalists, she doesn't hector us about giving things up.
    synonym bully
    Extra Examples
    • Many countries are tired of being hectored by international organizations about industrial emissions.
    • Teachers are feeling pushed around, hectored, lectured and badgered.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from the Trojan warrior Hector. Originally denoting a hero, the sense later became ‘braggart or bully’ (applied in the late 17th cent. to a member of a gang of London youths), hence ‘talk to in a bullying way’.
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