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1. (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
    
2. A man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
   - Tarzan of the Apes

Derived forms: Tarzans

Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], character, fictional character, fictitious character, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [Brit, N. Amer, informal], man, sod [informal]

Encyclopedia: Tarzan, Texas