adj
vegan
VEE-guhn
adj
1
Containing no animal products at all, such as meat, eggs, dairy, or leather.
"The bakery now offers a fully vegan menu with dairy-free pastries."
"She switched to a vegan diet for both health and ethical reasons."
noun
1
A person who avoids eating or using any animal products.
"As a vegan, he checks every label for hidden dairy or gelatin."
How to Use Vegan
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone (or something) that avoids all animal products, going further than vegetarian.
Common mistake
Vegan and vegetarian are not the same — vegetarians may still eat eggs and dairy, while vegans avoid all animal-derived products.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
vegan diet
strictly vegan
vegan options
Word Forms
vegans plural, Vegans plural
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Etymology
Coined in 1944 by Donald Watson, founder of the Vegan Society, as a shortened form of "vegetarian."