Meaning of Tarzan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A heroic fictional character, raised from a baby to adulthood in the African jungle by apes.
2. A strong wild man; any man showing attributes of Tarzan, as muscularity, agility, etc.
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Examples

“"[A]s if we all like climbing around in trees, like monkeys or Tarzans."”

“PAYNE STEWART, beating his heart like a Tarzan, drummed out a message to the rest of the Open Championship field with three days to go before the off. "I'm ready," he said, "definitely ready."”

“The top price of £4,500 belongs to Michael Heseltine, but there is little glory here. The caption, of a Tarzan cruelly ravaged by time, is 'But even the beautiful can age.'”

“There was nothing really statuesque about him; this wasn't a kind of Tarzan, with massive shoulders and great muscles and limbs as strong as a beast's, but a tall, lean, handsome man, who moved with superlative ease.”

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