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vegan

adjective

  1. adhering to a strick no meat/no animal byproduct diet
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noun

  1. type of fictional character by Trenton Doyle Hancock
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈviːɡən/ / /ˈveɪɡən/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English vegetable English vegetable English -arian English vegetarian English vegan Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.

  1. Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.

    He eats a completely vegan diet.

    This chocolate cake is vegan.

  2. Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.

    She is not vegan as she eats eggs and wears leather.

  3. Relating to vegans or veganism.

    Yesterday I went to a vegan party.

    She is interested in vegan philosophy.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English vegetable English vegetable English -arian English vegetarian English vegan Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.

  1. A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
  2. A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.

    Our vegan-friendly shaving brush is made with synthetic bristles instead of badger hair.