Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vegetarian who eats plant products only, especially one who uses no products derived from animals, as fur or leather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A vegetarian who does not eat any animal products, not even fish, eggs, or milk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to vegans or veganism.
- adjective Relating to Vega (the star).
- noun A person who does not consume, use or eat any animal products; a supporter of
veganism - noun Someone from Vega, which is either a town in Norway, Sweden, or Texas, or (
science fiction ) the system of the star.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Most people know how to pronounce the word vegan and define it, too.
Victoria Moran: Farm Sanctuary: 25 Years for the Animals Victoria Moran 2011
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Danielle Konya, who launched Vegan Treats in Bethlehem, Pa., in 1998, plasters her bakery and marketing material—she distributes to 100 restaurants in the Northeast, she says—with the term "vegan."
Is That Cupcake Vegan or Just Butter- and Egg-Free? Katy McLaughlin 2011
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Most people know how to pronounce the word vegan and define it, too.
Victoria Moran: Farm Sanctuary: 25 Years for the Animals Victoria Moran 2011
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The case of the prosecution and prosecutors is that the couple intentionally and deliberately starved their child to death and used the term vegan to escape prosecution.
Archive 2007-05-01 Elizabeth McClung 2007
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The case of the prosecution and prosecutors is that the couple intentionally and deliberately starved their child to death and used the term vegan to escape prosecution.
Jade Sanders and Larmont Thomas: Murderers or Vegans on trial? Elizabeth McClung 2007
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"He told me, don't get too hung up on the word 'vegan'," says Zabriskie.
Riding the Tour De Vegetable Reed Albergotti 2011
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"He told me, don't get too hung up on the word 'vegan'," says Zabriskie.
Riding the Tour De Vegetable Reed Albergotti 2011
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The word "vegan" or "vegetarian" on a package is not a synonym for healthy, Blatner says.
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The word "vegan" or "vegetarian" on a package is not a synonym for healthy, Blatner says.
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His short-sleeved chef's whites reveal the word "vegan" tattooed on his right inner forearm.
Thestar.com - Home Page Mary Luz Mejia 2011
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Vegans can be as strict or lax as they want to be in their food choices: the International Vegetarian Union’s websiteincludes vegan-friendly reminders about baking pans greased with animal fat, grain cereals that include animal-based glycerin, and sugar refined with bone charcoal. Then there’s raw veganism, which is an offshoot of veganism in which none of the food can be cooked. Take that a step further and you get “mono meals,” the idea that the stomach should only digest one type of food at a time.
A Brief History of Veganism Claire Suddath 2008
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The term for this kind of data set I learned recently is “vegan data,” and this might not be totally vegan, but I’d say it, at least, sounds vegetarian.
Generative AI is just productivity software Ryan Broderick 2023
sarra commented on the word vegan
see vegetarian for clarification of the differences!
April 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word vegan
Persons originating from the planet Vega.
April 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word vegan
Try following the link for the adopter of this word.
April 20, 2018
qms commented on the word vegan
Oh, dear! Is this a bad sign for vegans?
April 20, 2018
bilby commented on the word vegan
I wonder how much the fine is.
April 20, 2018