localvore

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A form of locavore — One who tries to eat only locally grown foods.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounlocalvore (plural localvores)

plural localvores

  1. alternativeAlternative form of locavore (“one who eats only locally-grown foods”).
    1 more example

    2007, Rebecca Kneale Gould, "Binding Life to Values", in Jonathan Isham and Sissel A. Waage (eds.), Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement, Island Press, →ISBN, page 123, The idea of eco-kosher both draws on and contributes to organic, slow food, and “localvore” movements, but it grounds these ideas in an ancient tradition that has always understood eating to be a sacred act that must support the principles of the flourishing of life and the establishment of justice.

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Origin

  1. Englishlocal
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷerh₃-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʷorh₃éh₂
  4. Proto-Italic*worā
  5. Latinvorō
  6. Englishlocalvore

From local + -vore.

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APA

localvore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/localvore

MLA

“localvore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/localvore. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “localvore,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/localvore.

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