vegan
n. countablen. someone who does not eat or use any products that come from animals. This includes meat, fish, eggs, milk, and even honey or leather.
n. a person who refrains from using or consuming any animal products for dietary, ethical, or environmental reasons. The term is often used as a modifier before other nouns.
She became a vegan to help protect animals.
The restaurant added several new dishes to the menu to accommodate the growing number of vegans in the city.
While some people adopt the lifestyle for health benefits, many vegans are motivated by a moral philosophy that rejects the commodity status of sentient beings.
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.
Commonly used as an attributive noun (e.g., 'vegan diet', 'vegan leather') to indicate the absence of animal products.