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veg⋅e⋅tar⋅i⋅an

  [vej-i-tair-ee-uhn]
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–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.

Origin:
1835–45; veget(able) + -arian
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veg·e·tar·i·an   (věj'ĭ-târ'ē-ən)   
n.  

  1. One who practices vegetarianism.

  2. A herbivore.

adj.  

  1. Of or relating to vegetarianism or vegetarians.

  2. Consisting primarily or wholly of vegetables and vegetable products: a vegetarian diet.


[veget(able) + -arian.]
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Word Origin & History

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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1veg·e·tar·i·an
Pronunciation: "vej-&-'ter-E-&n
Function: noun
: an individual who believes in orpractices vegetarianism

Main Entry: 2vegetarian
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to vegetarians
2 : consisting wholly of vegetables, fruits, andsometimes eggs or dairy products vegetarian diet>
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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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