VEGETARIAN

vegetarian

(noun) eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vegetarian (plural vegetarians)

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products. [from 1839]

An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.

Synonym: herbivore (standard term)

Hyponyms

• (person who does not eat animals): vegan; lactovegetarian, lactarian; ovovegetarian, eggetarian; lacto-ovo-vegetarian, lactoovovegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovolactovegetarian

Coordinate terms

• (animal that also eats meat): omnivore

• (animal that only eats meat): carnivore

• (person that only eats meat): meatarian, meatatarian

Adjective

vegetarian (comparative more vegetarian, superlative most vegetarian)

Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses). [from 1849]

Synonym: Pythagorean

Without meat.

Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.

(of a person) That does not eat meat.

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Etymology

Noun

Vegetarian (usually uncountable, plural Vegetarians)

Obsolete spelling of vegetarian.

Usage notes

This capitalization only applied to the noun; the adjective took the lowercase vegetarian.

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Source: Wiktionary


Veg`e*ta"ri*an, n.

Definition: One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk.

Veg`e*ta"ri*an, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to vegetarianism; as, a vegetarian diet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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