vegetarian
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛəriən
[edit] Noun
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vegetarian (plural vegetarians)
- A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, animal products. There are several subcategories; see "Related terms" below.
- 1897, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 4, page 5045:
- Vegetarian Society […] A society […] formed at Manchester in 1847, to promote the use of cereals, pulse, and fruit, as articles of diet; and to induce habits of abstinence from fish, flesh, and fowl, as food.
- 1897, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 4, page 5045:
- vegetarian [...] One who abstains from animal food, living exclusively on vegetables, milk, eggs, and the like. The more strict vegetarians eat vegetables and farinaceous food only, abstaining from eggs, butter, milk, and in some cases, honey.
- 1897, Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 4, page 5045:
- An animal that eats only plants: a herbivore.
[edit] Synonyms
- (animal that eats only plants): herbivore (standard term)
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[edit] Hyponyms
- (person who does not eat animals): vegan (person who does not eat any animal products); lactovegetarian, lactarian (person who does not eat animal flesh but eats dairy products); lacto-ovo-vegetarian, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovolactovegetarian (person who does not eat animal flesh but eats other animal products)
[edit] Translations
person who does not eat any animal flesh
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plant-eating animal
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[edit] Adjective
vegetarian (not comparable)
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- Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
[edit] Translations
relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians
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[edit] Swedish
| Inflection for vegetarian | Singular | Plural | ||
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| Base form | vegetarian | vegetarianen | vegetarianer | vegetarianerna |
| Possessive form | vegetarians | vegetarianens | vegetarianers | vegetarianernas |
[edit] Noun
vegetarian c.
- A vegetarian.
