Hector: alternatives and connections

To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or hau…

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To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or require…

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To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

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of Browbeat

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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

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Same as Bullirag.

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