vegetarian

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   "The sight and smell of raw meat are especially odious to me, and I have often thought that if I had had to be my own cook, I should inevitably become a vegetarian, probably, indeed, return entirely to my green and salad days."

2. 2
   adj

   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?

3. 3
   adj

   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.

4. 4
   adj

   That does not eat meat.

   I have a vegetarian brother

5. 5
   noun

   Obsolete spelling of vegetarian.

   “I must preface this essay by the confession that I am myself a Vegetarian, and that I mean to say all the good I can of the principles of Vegetarianism.”

6. 6
   noun

   someone who eats fruits, grains and nuts, but not meat

7. 7
   noun

   An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.

8. 8
   adj

   Without meat.

Etymology

From vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society. (Alternatively, it may derive from vegetus + -arian.)