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vegetarian

UK /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/US /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/

adjective 4
noun 2
forms 4

adjective4

•
Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
- Must we not put to death blackbirds and thrushes because they feed on worms, or (if capital punishment offends our humanitarianism) starve them slowly by permanent captivity and vegetarian diet? — 1893
Without meat.
•
Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
- Is there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog? Cuz every one I've tried tasted like smelted tire. — 2008
•
That does not eat meat.
- I have a vegetarian brother

noun2

•
A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
- Many vegetarians abhor the thought of killing animals to feed themselves and also the methods by which animals are slaughtered. — 1975
An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.

forms

Vegetarians · vegetarians · more vegetarian · most vegetarian

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