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tarzan
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tarzan has 2 senses
- tarzan(n = noun.person) Array - (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs); Array is a kind of adult male, man
- tarzan(n = noun.person) tarzan of the apes - a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Array is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tarzan, n. a man of great agility and powerful physique.
Etymology
name of the hero of stories by E. R. Burroughs, Amer. writer d. 1950
THESAURUS
tarzan
Antaeus, Atlas, Briareus, Brobdingnagian, Charles Atlas, Cyclops, Goliath, Hercules, Polyphemus, Samson, Superman, Titan, bully, bullyboy, colossus, giant, gorilla, muscle man, powerhouse, stalwart, strong man, strong-arm man, the mighty, the strong, tough, tough guy, tower of strength
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