Tarzan (Noun)
Meaning 1
(sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He swung from the trapeze with ease, a veritable Tarzan of the circus.
- My brother is a Tarzan, always climbing trees and lifting heavy weights.
- After a few too many beers, he thought he was Tarzan and tried to swing from the chandeliers.
- The rugged outdoorsman was a Tarzan, able to survive in the wilderness with ease.
- My dad is a Tarzan, always fixing things around the house with his bare hands.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Tarzan swung effortlessly through the trees of the jungle, his strong arms and agile body a testament to his ape upbringing.
- The character of Tarzan was created by author Edgar Rice Burroughs and first appeared in the 1912 novel "Tarzan of the Apes".
- In the original story, Tarzan is raised by a group of gorillas in the African jungle after his parents are killed in an accident.
- The jungle hero Tarzan has been depicted in numerous films, plays, and television shows, often with varying degrees of accuracy to the original novel.
- As a man who had never known human society, Tarzan's journey towards self-discovery and cultural assimilation is a central theme in the novels.