1932 H. K. Wells in Astounding Stories Feb. 274/2 You vanquished the Vegans, so it is in the body of an Earthling that I shall leave Xollar, and it is to the planet Earth that I shall be hurtled.

1951 P. Anderson in Galaxy Sci. Fiction Apr. 19/1 A cosmopolitan throng filled the walkways... There were other races, blue-skinned Vegans, furry Proximans, completely non-humanoid Sirians and Antarians.

1980 I. Watson Gardens of Delight xxiv. 159 How much more would we regret the passing of Canopians, Vegans, Aldebarians or whomever, with all the insights they had gained?

2001 S. Mackey-Kallis Hero & Perennial Journey Home in Amer. Film vii. 182 A spacecraft constructed from the blueprints transmitted via radio waves from the Vegans.

1940 Thrilling Wonder Stories Nov. 4/1 A Novel of a Vegan Visitor.

1954 Galaxy Aug. 80/2 Halfway between Earth and Venus there was a sudden shimmer as the Vegan ship slipped out of warp into normal space.

1983 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. iv. 7/1 Evidence that the Vegan cloud is rotating would..argue strongly for its being a solar system aborning.

2001 S. Mackey-Kallis Hero & Perennial Journey Home in Amer. Film vii. 186 The beauty of the Vegan solar system.

1944 D. Watson in Vegan News Nov. 2 ‘Vegetarian’ and ‘Fruitarian’ are already associated with societies that allow the ‘fruits’ of cows and fowls, therefore..we must make a new and appropriate word... I have used the title ‘The Vegan News’. Should we adopt this, our diet will soon become known as the vegan diet, and we should aspire to the rank of vegans.

1955 Irish Press 29 Nov. 618 A true-blue Vegan, I'm assured,..will even exclude from his or her diet, milk and..honey.

1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running xiv. 170 There are..three kinds of vegetarians: the 100 percent vegetarian, sometimes called a vegan; the lacto-vegetarian..; and the lacto-ovo-vegetarian.

1985 Times 1 Feb. 12/2 ‘Beanmilk: milk that's never even seen a cow’ is to vegans, who deplore exploitation of animals and eat nothing derived from them, a highly desirable commodity.

1992 Sat. Night (Toronto) May 22/2 Many are vegans, consuming no animal products whatsoever. They generally wear nothing but cotton, plastic, or synthetics.

2006 M. Pollan Omnivore's Dilemma Introd. 5 Shall I be a carnivore or a vegetarian? And if a vegetarian, a lacto-vegetarian or a vegan?

1944 D. Watson in Vegan News Nov. 2 We must make a new and appropriate word... I have used the title ‘The Vegan News’. Should we adopt this, our diet will soon become known as the vegan diet.

1945 Vegetarian Messenger 42 163 A number of our members who do not use animal products of any kind formed themselves into a group which has since adopted the title of ‘The Vegan Society’.

1973 Listener 8 Feb. 178/1 The good ecological life; no car, vegan cooking, and a mangle technology in a tumbledown cottage.

1984 Listener 9 Aug. 17/2 The facts that CIWF is able to marshal must drive many who read its literature to a vegan diet.

1999 Vegetarian Jrnl. May 16/1 The purpose..is to identify objects and substances in common household items containing animal-derived ingredients, and offer practical vegan alternatives.

2009 New Yorker 2 Mar. 35/1 They would..boil a pot of soybeans down to a little piece of tofu or fry up some soysage as a vegan treat.

1991 Independent 24 Dec. 3/4 After lunch, you can enjoy a dessert of vegan-friendly Christmas pud and soya custard.

2000 Marie Claire July 293/1 In New York City, most people I know are pretty vegan-friendly.

2003 H. Akler & S. B. Hood Toronto: Unknown City 93/2 From the service to the decor to the very accommodating vegan-friendly menu.

2011 C. King Fall of Essence xvii. 388 I'd given him a vegan friendly wallet that I'd travelled to a special store to get. It looked and felt just like leather..but not one part of it came from an animal.