vegetarian

[vej-i-tair-ee-uhn] Example Sentences Origin

veg·e·tar·i·an

[vej-i-tair-ee-uhn]
noun
1.
a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to vegetarianism or vegetarians.
3.
devoted to or advocating this practice.
4.
consisting solely of vegetables: vegetarian vegetable soup.

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Origin:
1835–45; veget(able) + -arian

non·veg·e·tar·i·an, adjective, noun

vegan, vegetarian.
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  • Guests can chill out in the well-tended garden and dine at the vegetarian rooftop restaurant.
  • Doesn't matter if you buy your food at the store or hunt and fish or even if you are a vegetarian.
  • Their elongated faces leave plenty of jaw room for the large, flat teeth necessary to chew their vegetarian meals.
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vegetarian (ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪən)
 
n
1.  a person who advocates or practises vegetarianism
 
adj
2.  relating to, advocating, or practising vegetarianism
3.  cookery strictly, consisting of vegetables and fruit only, but usually including milk, cheese, eggs, etc

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vegetarian
1839, irregular formation from vegetable (n.) + -arian, as in agrarian, etc. "The general use of the word appears to have been largely due to the formation of the Vegetarian Society in Ramsgate in 1847."
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vegetarian veg·e·tar·i·an (věj'ĭ-târ'ē-ən)
n.
One who practices vegetarianism. adj.

  1. Of or relating to vegetarianism or vegetarians.

  2. Consisting primarily or wholly of vegetables and vegetable products.

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