Meaning of Haymarket Hector | Babel Free

Definitions

A thug, bully or pimp inhabiting the London neighbourhood of Leicester Square and the Haymarket.

UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

“You cannot have forgotten that when the late King took offence at an expression of Sir John Coventry's, he employed O'Brian, Sir Thomas Sands, and some other Haymarket Hectors, to cut off Sir John's nose as he returned home at night.”

CEFR level