habitué

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

ha·bit·u·é

[huh-bich-oo-ey, -bich-oo-ey; Fr. a-bee-twey]
noun, plural ha·bit·u·és [huh-bich-oo-eyz, -bich-oo-eyz; Fr. a-bee-twey] .
a frequent or habitual visitor to a place: a habitué of art galleries.

Origin:
1810–20; < French, noun use of masculine past participle of habituer < Late Latin habituāre. See habituate
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habitué (həˈbɪtjʊˌeɪ)
 
n
a frequent visitor to a place
 
[C19: from French, from habituer to frequent]

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