a person who does not eat meat or fish Is she a vegetarian? compare fruitarian, herbivore, herbivore
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Are you vegetarian? a vegetarian diet (= with no meat or fish in it) a vegetarian restaurant (= that serves no meat or fish)
NAmE//ˌvɛdʒəˈtɛriəˌnɪzəm//
noun [uncountable]See vegetarian in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: vegetarian