Vegetarian

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vegetarian \Veg`e*ta"ri*an\, n.
     One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper
     food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk,
     and are sometimes referred tro as {vegans}.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vegetarian \Veg`e*ta"ri*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to vegetarianism; as, a vegetarian diet.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vegetarian
       n : eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no
           meat or fish or (often) any animal products

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  128 Moby Thesaurus words for "vegetarian":
     Apostolic, Apostolici, Brillat-Savarin, Encratic, Encratite,
     Lenten, Lucullus, Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Shaker,
     Spartan, Stoic, abstainer, abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, banian,
     board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, botanic, bulbous, cannibal,
     cannibalistic, carnivore, carnivorous, celibate, cereal, chaste,
     commensal, connoisseur of food, consumer, continent, dietetic,
     diner, diner-out, dining, eater, eater-out, eating, epicure,
     farinaceous, feeder, feeding, flesh-eater, flesh-eating,
     fruitarian, fruitlike, fruity, gastronome, gastronomic, glutton,
     gluttonous, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, grain-eating,
     graminivore, graminivorous, granivore, granivorous, grass-eating,
     gymnosophist, herbaceous, herbal, herbivore, herbivorous, herbose,
     herbous, herby, high liver, hungry mouth, hydropot, insect-eating,
     insectivorous, lactovegetarian, leguminose, leguminous, luncher,
     man-eater, man-eating, meat-eater, meat-eating, mensal, mouth,
     nephalist, nephalistic, nourishing, nutritious, omnivore,
     omnivorous, omophagist, omophagous, on the wagon, pantophagist,
     pantophagous, phytivorous, phytophage, phytophagous, picnicker,
     plant-eater, plant-eating, plantlike, postprandial, prandial,
     predacean, predacious, preprandial, radicated, radiciform,
     radicular, rhizoid, rootlike, sexually abstinent, sworn off,
     teetotal, teetotaler, teetotalist, trencherman, tuberous,
     vegetable, vegetable-eating, vegetal, vegetational, vegetative,
     water-drinker, weedy