habitué
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌhæbɪˈtweɪ/
:
habitual
- Apparently the man was a habitué of the study center.
- habitué says
Examples
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A habitué of cemeteries.
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In a final toast to Al's Bar, a female Bowery habitué put it this way: "You know anybody can be a drug addict, but it takes a real man to be an alcoholic."
Academic text (1995) -
I see you're a habitué here.
Fiction book (2001) -
"You know what food is, but there is such a huge variety that one cuisine will seem utterly alien or absurd to habitués of another.
Fiction book (1991) -
Sons of habitués Begat.
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As it happens, roux is typical of New World Creole cooking, something habitués of New Orleans cuisine know well.
Academic text (1992) -
Palace habitués most often say that the Ufwu-a-Kom were the equivalent of photographic portraits of former rulers.
Academic text (1990) -
For many years, he had been a habitué of the Golden Gate Park tennis courts, a complex of some twenty attractive public courts that had over the years engendered some excellent players, including Alice Marble, one of Helen Wills's rivals in the 1930s.
Academic text (1991) -
The man whom the habitués of the health resort called with condescension "that gallant Vlad" would have hardly been able to give any kind of definition of himself, flattering or not.
Fiction book (1990) -
Every Friday night, the local café is filled with habitués who come to enjoy live music.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who often goes to the same place
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5.5
A person who is often at the same place, like a shop or bar
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3.7
A person who regularly goes to a place or event
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8.3
A customer who goes to the same shop or cafe often
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5.0
A person who regularly goes to the same place, often as a customer
Antonyms
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1.6
A person who has recently arrived in a place, joined a group, or started an activity
How Regular
Surface Forms
Etymology
Habitué comes from French and Latin words that mean 'habit' or 'to live', and it is related to the English word habit. So a habitué is a person who often goes to the same place, a regular visitor.