The nickname for a series of thunderstorms that includes some of the tallest non-mesocyclonic, storms in the world Nearly every day in the spring and summer, Hector ireaches altitudes of 20 km (66,000 ft -twice as high as airplanes fly) Hector occurs on Melville Island, Australia because it is surrounded by water and positioned between a monsoonal sea breeze and hot dry outback air flowing out to sea
disapproval If you say that someone is hectoring you, you do not like the way they are trying to make you do something by bothering you and talking to you aggressively. I suppose you'll hector me until I phone him. = bully + hectoring hec·tor·ing In a loud, hectoring tone, Alan told us that he wasn't going to waste time discussing nonsense. = bullying. in ancient Greek stories, the leader of the Trojans in the Trojan War. He was killed by the Greek Achilles, who then tied his body to the back of his chariot and drove around the walls of Troy to show the Trojans that he had killed their leader. Iliad, the. to speak to someone in an angry threatening way (Hector a brave soldier in the ancient Greek story of Troy). In Greek legend, the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, the husband of Andromache, and the chief warrior of the Trojan army. In Homer's Iliad he is notable not only for his military prowess but also for his nobility of character. He was a favorite of Apollo, who helped him slay Achilles' friend Patroclus in combat; in reprisal, Achilles killed Hector in battle and dragged his naked body around the walls of Troy. Hector Hugh Munro Berlioz Louis Hector Carondelet Francisco Luis Hector baron de Villars Claude Louis Hector duke de Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur J. Hector St. John