vegetarian

Meaning

Noun

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.

Adj

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.

Hyphenated as

veg‧et‧a‧ri‧an

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/

Etymology

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