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hectour

hectour is the obsolete spelling of hector.

Meaning of hector

Noun

hector (plural hectors)

  1. Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
    • Luc[ia]. VVhat would you do you dowty Hectors? / Kick. Hectors! upon my honour, if we can find them out, we'll beat your Gallants for this. / […] Luc. Advant, you Hectors, we are not fit for you: […]1672, Tho[mas] Shadwell, Epsom-Wells. A Comedy, Acted at the Duke’s Theatre, London: Printed for R. VVellington […], published 1704, →OCLC, act I, scene i, page 8

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Proper noun capitalized: Hectour

Hectour

  1. (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Forms of hectour

pluralhectours

Origin of hectour

Obsolete spelling of Hector.

Questions about hectour

What does hectour mean?
Hectour means a male given name from Ancient Greek.
What is hectour the obsolete spelling of?
Hectour is the obsolete spelling of hector.
What part of speech is hectour?
Hectour is a proper noun.

Words near hectour in the dictionary

  1. hectorship
  2. hectosecond
  3. hectoseconds
  4. hectostere
  5. hectosteres
  6. hectour
  7. hectours
  8. hectowatt
  9. hectowatt-hour
  10. hectowatt-hours
  11. hectowatts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hectour (page history and authors); Hectour (page history and authors); hector (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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