Habitue
(noun)
- A person who regularly frequents a particular place, such as a restaurant or a theater.
- A person who has a habitual or regular practice of doing something.
Origin:
From french 'habitué' meaning a habitual visitor or customer, from 'habituer' meaning to accustom or habituate, from 'habitude' meaning habit or custom.
Examples:
- The bar had a group of regular habitues who came in every evening after work.
- The theater was filled with its usual habitues for the opening night of the new production.
- The coffee shop's habitues included writers, artists, and musicians who came to work and socialize.
- The gym was busy with its habitues, who stuck to their exercise routines rain or shine.
- The scholar was a habitue of the library, spending most of his days there studying and researching.