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adj
Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, not-comparable
Topics: food, lifestyle
Synonyms: plant-based
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adj
Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Relating to vegans or veganism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Relating to the star Vega.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone from the vicinity of the star Vega.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
Ellipsis of Las Vegan (“someone from Las Vegas”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Someone from Vega in Norway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone from Vega in Sweden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vegetarian
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *weg-o-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woǵéyetider. Proto-Italic *wogeōder.? Latin vegeō Latin vegetus Latin vegetāre, vegetō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English vegetarian English vegan Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.
From Vega + -an.
Across languages
111 source translations are retained for this English entry.
