Tarzan
- the hero of a series of jungle stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- a person of superior or superhuman physical strength, agility, and prowess.
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Contemporary Examples of tarzan
Or a modernized Tarzan might lead African miners on strike against unscrupulous multinationals.
I bought Tarzan comic books, and even had a few issues of ERB-dom, a mimeographed fanzine devoted to the works of Burroughs.
(Netflix, June 13) Tarzan (1999) Relive your child with the timeless Tarzan and his feisty friend Jane.
I fell passionately in love with Tarzan, and was most distressed when he married the wrong Jane.
He talks about attending the Dum-Dum convention in August, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tarzan.
Historical Examples of tarzan
Tarzan (of, if I remember rightly, the Apes) never won the double event.
If Winter Don'tBarry Pain
Tarzan, you'll remember, did not learn to smoke and drink until the second book.
The Big FixGeorge Oliver Smith
They were as happy about the whole mess as a pair of kids erecting a Tarzan dwelling in a tree.
Rats in the BelfryJohn York Cabot
And I would think that maybe in a way Etl was like Tarzan, being raised by apes.
Stamped CautionRaymond Zinke Gallun
After suggesting everything that seemed akin to this, she happened upon “Tarzan.”
The Crimson ThreadRoy J. Snell
Tarzan
- (sometimes not capital) informal, often ironic a man with great physical strength, agility, and virility
Word Origin for Tarzan
Word Origin and History for tarzan
Tarzan
name of character in a series of novels by U.S. fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), introduced 1914.