habitué

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

noun, plural ha·bit·u·és

[huh-bich-oo-eyz, -bich-oo-eyz; French a-bee-twey] /həˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪz, -ˌbɪtʃ uˈeɪz; French a biˈtweɪ/.

a frequent or habitual visitor to a place: a habitué of art galleries.

Origin of habitué

1810–20; < French, noun use of masculine past participle of habituer < Late Latin habituāre. See habituate

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Related Words for habitue

client, customer, frequenter, patron, regular

Examples from the Web for habitue

Historical Examples of habitue

My hypothesis is that she was an habitue of this place, as also was Mrs. Vernon.
The Yellow Claw
Sax Rohmer
It is enough to mention Mrs. Farquhar's name to an habitue of the Springs.
Their Pilgrimage
Charles Dudley Warner
Especially, I would say, is this the attitude of the habitue of Montmartre.
Europe Revised
Irvin S. Cobb
Once he found Rodney Page there, lounging about with the manner of a habitue.
Dangerous Days
Mary Roberts Rinehart
But this type of European never becomes an habitue; the habitue always sleeps.
Dope
Sax Rohmer

British Dictionary definitions for habitue

habitué

noun

a frequent visitor to a place

Word Origin for habitué

C19: from French, from habituer to frequent

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Word Origin and History for habitue

1818, from French habitué, noun use of past participle of habituer "accustom," from Late Latin habituari (see habituate).