habitué

[ huh-bich-oo-ey, -bich-oo-ey; French a-bee-twey ]

noun

, plural ha·bit·u·és [h, uh, -, bich, -oo-eyz, -bich-oo-, eyz, a, -bee-, twey].

1. a frequent or habitual visitor to a place:

   a habitué of art galleries.

habitué

/ həˈbɪtjʊˌeɪ /

noun

1. a frequent visitor to a place

Word History and Origins

Origin of habitué¹

First recorded in 1810–20; from French, noun use of masculine past participle of habituer, from Late Latin habituāre; habituate

Word History and Origins

Origin of habitué¹

C19: from French, from habituer to frequent

Example Sentences

The spirit of our time and of our country knows no such thing, but the habitue of "society" hears constantly of "a good family."

From Project Gutenberg

Time after time I have seen him committed to prison, until he became a hopeless prison habitue.

From Project Gutenberg

She was not such an habitue of the theatre as not to be intensely interested with what was enacted before her.

From Project Gutenberg

We got out our bacon and crackers and enjoyed a supper that no habitue of a Delmonico could have relished more.

From Project Gutenberg

Without being a habitue of the theater, I have enjoyed it from time to time all along my life-road.

From Project Gutenberg