Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Hector
English answer:
person holding fast ("the mainstay of Troy")
English term
holding fast
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United Kingdom
The word is my oyster
Native in: Greek 
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English, Greek
Hector = person holding fast
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-07-19 14:55:41 GMT)
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Hector is the latinized form of Greek \'Hektor\'. It is supposed to be derived from a form of the verb \'ekho\' (to have) and the suffix -tor, meaning \"a person that holds something fast\", and by extension a person who protects the city, the stay of Troy (seen the film? remember Eric Bana?).
Now I read that because the name became associated with a London gang, the verb \'to hector\' came to mean \'to bully\'. But that\'s a different story.
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Vicky Papaprodromou
: and to hold fast means to hold someone tight, as you should hold something you don't want to drop
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True, maybe that was the question! (Or as you should hold a loved one...)
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Andrey Belousov (X)
: protects the city
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By extension only. Thanks, Andrey.
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juvera
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Thank you, Judith.
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Nigel Jones
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Thanks, Nigel!
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Thanks, Marju!
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flipendo
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Thank you, E.!
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Maria Karra
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Thank you, Maria!
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Serbia
RINA LINGUISTIC SERVICES, Katarina Radojevic- Mitrovic
Confident about meeting tight deadlines
Native in: Serbian (Variant: Montenegrin ) 
, Serbo-Croat (Variants: Montenegrin, Bosnian, Serbian)
Works in: English to Serbian, Serbian to English, English to Serbo-Croat, and 78 more.
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