Vegetarian

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Vegetarian (usually uncountable, plural Vegetarians)

  1. Obsolete spelling of vegetarian.

Usage notes

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  • This capitalization only applied to the noun; the adjective took the lowercase vegetarian.

Anagrams

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