Tarzanian

comparative more Tarzanian · superlative most Tarzanian

1. Of, relating to, or in the style of the fictional character Tarzan; having the physique or abilities of Tarzan.

   How was this little girl going to accomplish the theft of the diamonds from the huge, Tarzanian Spaniard?

   1924, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Ant-Men, Chicago: A.C. McClurg, page 130

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   “Cocktail Sar” is a breathless tale of midnight gambling, in the white moonlight of tropical nights in Batavia, and “Kadiamar” is a well turned protest against Tarzanian fiction.

   1922 September 23, Country Life, London, page 381, column 2

   Dan Schumacher has not indicated an ambition to flex his biceps in action flicks when he hangs up his togs but he, too, is set to complete the extraordinary Tarzanian double of Olympic water polo and gold medals in the pool.

   1999 October 1, “Modern-day Tarzan discovers two paths to Sydney gold”, in Sydney Morning Herald, page 40

plural Tarzanians

1. A person with or exhibiting Tarzanian attributes.

   Golfers, I repeat, may not be as physically endowed as the tarzanians of other sports.

   1971, Tommy Bolt with Jimmy Mann, The Hole Truth, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., page 43

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   Those same Green Berets who so captivated your pen were among the invited, and about twenty of us well-dressed guests were treated to a dozen of those fatuous if strapping young studs jet-popping ten feet above the croquet sward, while others—Tarzanians, I call them—were swinging on ropes from tree to tree.

   1991, Norman Mailer, Harlot's Ghost, New York: Random House, page 1055

   Tarzanians grew ever more adventuresome with circular patterns and drops to the ground behind the bushes.

   2005, David C. Meek, The Tarzan Club, West Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, page 11