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bean eater

bean eater

1 6.9
A person who eats mostly plants and simple foods without meat
  • noun
translation icon : vegetariano
  • See those bean eaters?

Examples

  • A bunch of bean eaters.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Many bean eaters choose to limit their meals to vegetables and grains.

  • As a devoted bean eater, she enjoys trying new vegetarian recipes every week.

  • He proudly identifies as a bean eater, often sharing tips on healthy plant-based meals.

Synonyms

vegetarian
vsbean eater
116 1.9

A person who does not eat meat or fish and mainly eats plants

includes that diet but can also mean a very frugal way of eating
herbivore
vsbean eater
  • Informal
1 3.4

A person who eats mostly plants and avoids meat

is an actual dietary habit or an economical diet rather than just a label
carrot cruncher
vsbean eater
  • Slang
9.8

A person who mainly eats healthy food like vegetables

can mean healthy vegetable eating but also a simple frugal diet

How Vegetarian

vegan
30 3.0
vegetarian
116 1.9
bean eater
1 6.9
meat-eating
3 2.1

Surface Forms

bean eater singular
bean eaters plural

Morphology

bean + eater

The meaning is transparently built from 'bean' + 'eater' — a person who eats beans — so a B1 learner who knows both words can derive the sense. Any additional nuance (vegetarian or frugal diet) follows from general world knowledge about beans and is inferable, and the noun‑compound pattern 'X eater' is cross‑linguistically common.

Etymology

Bean eater may come from the simple picture of someone who eats beans most days, with bean and eater giving a clear, literal image of plain, filling food. So it now means 'a person who eats a vegetarian or very simple diet'.