Tarzan

Tarzan Definition

☆ Tar·zan (tär′zən, -zan′)

noun

any very strong, virile, and agile man: often used ironically or humorously

Etymology: after Tarzan, hero raised by jungle apes in stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tarzan Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

swing: Each course is composed of a network of aerial rope bridges, tarzan rope swings, zip wires, swings and slides.

Tarzan Quotes

Tarzan of the Apes.

—Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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