‖ habitué
(abitye, həˈbɪtjuːeɪ)
[F. habitué (fem. -ée), pa. pple. of habituer to habituate, to bring into a habit.]
One who has the habit of going to or frequenting a place; a habitual visitor or resident.
| 1818 J. W. Croker Jrnl. 7 Dec. in C. Papers (1884) I. iv. 122 The habitués of Oatlands give her étrennes and receive them in return from her. 1841 Lever C. O'Malley xxvii, A smile in which any habitué of the house would have read our fate. 1849 Thackeray Pendennis xxviii, Old habitués of the boxes. |