Habitué

Pronunciation

• US IPA: en, /həˈbɪt͡ʃuËŒeɪ/

Alternative forms

• habitue

Origin

Borrowed from past participle of habituer ("to frequent"), from , from habitus.

Full definition of habitué

Noun

1. One who frequents a place. from 1818
   A month ago the new smoking ban turned thousands of bar-room habitués into reluctant exiles from their usual corner seat.
• WBsnt IvryGt|IIIAt half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors....In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
2. A devotee.

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