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VEGAN
vegan
(noun) a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
vegan (not comparable)
(of a product or practice, especially food) Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
(of a person) Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
Relating to vegans or veganism. [from 1944]
Noun
vegan (plural vegans)
A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products [from 1944]
A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
Anagrams
• Ganev, ganev
Etymology
Adjective
Vegan (not comparable)
Relating to Vega (the star).
Noun
Vegan (plural Vegans)
Someone from Vega, which is either a town in Norway, Sweden, or Texas, or (science fiction) the system of the star.
Anagrams
• Ganev, ganev
Source: Wiktionary
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