"locavore" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: locavores [plural]
Etymology: loca(l) + -vore. Coined by Jen Maiser, Jessica Prentice, Sage Van Wing, and DeDe Sampson, co-founders of the “Locavores” web site in 2005. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|local|vore|alt1=loca(l)}} loca(l) + -vore Head templates: {{en-noun}} locavore (plural locavores)
  1. (cooking, neologism) One who tries to eat only locally grown foods. Tags: neologism Categories (topical): Cooking, Diets Synonyms: localvore Derived forms: locavorism, locavorous Translations (Translations): locavore (French), locavoro [masculine] (Italian), локаво́р (lokavór) [masculine] (Russian), לאָקאַל־⁠פֿרעסער (alt: lokal-⁠freser) (Yiddish)

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