Hector (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Hector

bully, a swaggering coward. To hector; to bully, probably from such persons affecting the valour of Hector, the Trojan hero.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

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Head Cully of the Pass
Head Rails
Hearing Cheats
Heart’s Ease
Hearty Choak
Heathen Philosopher
To Heave
Heaver
Heavers
Hector
Hedge
Hedge Alehouse
Hedge Creeper
Hedge Priest
Hedge Whore
Heels
Heel Tap
Hell
Hell-born Babe
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