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Tarzanists

Tarzanists is the plural of Tarzanist.

Meaning of Tarzanist

Noun

Tarzanist (plural Tarzanists)

  1. An anthropologist who depicts early human evolution in terms of aggressive male hunters and passive baby-carrying women.
    • The Tarzanists suggest that bipedalism enabled this ape to race after game while carrying weapons — in the first instance, presumably pebbles.1972, Elaine Morgan, The Descent of Woman, New York: Stein and Day, page 156

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Questions about Tarzanists

What is Tarzanists the plural of?
Tarzanists is the plural of Tarzanist.

Words near Tarzanists in the dictionary

  1. Tarzanic
  2. Tarzaning
  3. Tarzanish
  4. Tarzanism
  5. Tarzanist
  6. Tarzanists
  7. Tarzans
  8. Tarzany
  9. Tarzhay
  10. tarzie
  11. tarzies

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