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/tˈɑrzˌæn/ /tˈɑrzən/ Listen

Tarzan

noun

(sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs).

A man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Synonym: Tarzan of the Apes.

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"Tarzan" Quotes from Famous Books

... Kerchak to urge him to use his authority with Kala, and force her to give up little Tarzan, which was the name they had given to the tiny Lord Greystoke, and ...

— Tarzan of the Apes • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... Tells of Tarzan's return to the life of the ape-man in his search for vengeance on those who took from him his wife ...

— Torchy • Sewell Ford

Words linked to "Tarzan" : man, character, fictional character, adult male, fictitious character