Usually means: Persistently harassed or intimidated someone.
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  1. hectored: Merriam-Webster
  2. hectored: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hectored: Vocabulary.com
  4. hectored: Wordnik
  5. hectored: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hectored: Wiktionary
  7. Hectored, hectored: Dictionary.com
  8. Hectored: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Hectored: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hectored: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. hectored: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. hectored: FreeDictionary.org

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  1. hectored: Legal dictionary

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  1. hectored: Encyclopedia

(Note: See hector as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hector)

noun:  Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.
verb:  (transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.
verb:  (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.
noun:  (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.
noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek.
noun:  A place name:
noun:  A town in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
noun:  A settlement in the West Coast region, New Zealand.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A town in Pope County, Arkansas.
noun:  A locality in Clay County, Kentucky.
noun:  A city in Renville County, Minnesota.
noun:  A town in Schuyler County, New York, named after Hector Ely.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio, named after Hector Havemeyer.
noun:  A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
▸ Also see hector


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