hector
hec-tor / hĕk-tər
noun
1. a bully; one who is domineering and tries to intimidate smaller or weaker people
All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on,
From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.
John Wilmot, 1647 – 1680
verb
1. to intimidate smaller or weaker people; to bully; to bluster
An honest man, when he came home at night, found another fellow domineering in his family, hectoring his servants, and calling for supper.
From “The History of John Bull” by John Arbuthnot, 1667 – 1735
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