Meaning of habitué | Babel Free
/həˈbɪt͡ʃuˌeɪ/Definitions
- One who frequents a place.
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Alternative spelling of habitué. alt-of, alternative
- A devotee.
Equivalents
Examples
“A month ago the new smoking ban turned thousands of bar-room habitués into reluctant exiles from their usual corner seat.”
“At 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.”
“Indeed, many guests even became habitués in order to blaze a trail with reckless abandon seven days a week.”
“The live circuit's arenas and stadiums, its enormodomes, are flourishing. I am a habitué of them, particularly the O2 Arena.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.