Vegetarian Definition

vĕjĭ-târē-ən
vegetarians
noun
One who practices vegetarianism.
American Heritage Medicine
A person who eats no meat, and sometimes no animal products (as milk or eggs); esp., one who advocates a diet of only vegetables, fruits, grains, and nuts for reasons of health or because of principles opposing the killing of animals.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of vegetarians or vegetarianism.
Webster's New World
Consisting only of vegetables, fruits, etc.
Webster's New World
Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
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Other Word Forms of Vegetarian

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Singular:
vegetarian
Plural:
vegetarians

Origin of Vegetarian

  • vegetable +"Ž -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society. (Alternatively, it may derive from vegetus +"Ž -arian.)

    From Wiktionary

  • veget(able) –arian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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