vegan

vegan
A strict vegetarian; i.e., one who consumes no animal or dairy products of any type. Cf.:vegetarian.

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veg·an 'vē-gən; 'vej-ən, -.an n a strict vegetarian who consumes no animal food or dairy products
vegan adj
veg·an·ism 'vē-gə-.niz-əm, 'vej-ə- n

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ve·gan (veґgən) (vejґən) an extreme vegetarian who excludes all food of animal origin from the diet.

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