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Noun: Tarzan  'taa(r),zan or taa(r)-zun
  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, character, fictional character, fictitious character, man

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