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Tarzan

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Tarzan [ˈtɑːzən]
n
(sometimes not capital) Informal often ironic a man with great physical strength, agility, and virility
[after the hero of a series of stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), US novelist]
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Noun1.Tarzan - (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)Tarzan - (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
2.Tarzan - a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Tarzan [ˈtɑːzən] NTarzán


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Or at least so thought Tarzan of the Apes, who squatted upon a low-swinging branch in a near-by tree and looked down upon her.
As Tarzan walked slowly toward the smoking-room he came unexpectedly upon two men whispering excitedly just without.
It will go well indeed with Herr Hauptmann Fritz Schneider if he brings in the famous Tarzan of the Apes as a prisoner of war.
 
 
 
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