"Vegetarian" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ [General-American], /vɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌvɛd͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹɪən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Vegetarians [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən Etymology: From vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society. (Alternatively, it may derive from vegetus + -arian.) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vegetable|arian}} vegetable + -arian, {{suffix|en|vegetus|arian}} vegetus + -arian Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} Vegetarian (usually uncountable, plural Vegetarians)
  1. Obsolete spelling of vegetarian. Wikipedia link: Vegetarian, Vegetarian Society Tags: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: vegetarian Categories (topical): Vegetarianism

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