ˈtärz ə n, ˈtȧz- also -ˌzan or -ˌzaan(ə)n noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Tarzan, hero of the adventure stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs died 1950 American writer
: a strong agile person of heroic proportions and bearing
a chimpanzee can easily run away … and once in the trees, no human Tarzan is half a match for it — Weston La Barre