| Main Entry: | freegan |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a person, usually vegan in diet, who eats only discarded food foraged from the garbage of food establishments and stores |
| Example: | Freegans live an anti-consumerist lifestyle, employing alternative living strategies based on limited participation in the conventional economy. |
| Etymology: | c 1997; free + vegan |
| Usage: | also freeganism, n. |