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vegetarian.

A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/General-American
  1. A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.

  2. An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.

Where this word comes from

From vegetable + -arian; popularized following the foundation of the British Vegetarian Society in 1847.

adj/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/Received-Pronunciation/ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/General-American
  1. Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).

  2. Without meat.

  3. Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.

  4. That does not eat meat.

    I have a vegetarian brother
Where this word comes from

From vegetable + -arian; popularized following the foundation of the British Vegetarian Society in 1847.

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