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Hector
Greek mythology
“holding fast”
Where it comes from
Hektor, from echein ('to hold')
In Mythology
Hector was the foremost Trojan warrior in the Iliad, killed by Achilles, and the English verb 'to hector', meaning to bully, comes from his name even though Homer portrays him sympathetically.
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