Habitué

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See also: habitue and habitué

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French habitué.

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Noun

Habitué m (strong, genitive Habitués, plural Habitués)

  1. (dated outside Switzerland) habitué (one who frequents a place)
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 553:
      Am nächsten Morgen meldete er seine Teilnahme an der abendlich bevorstehenden Sitzung an und gesellte sich eine halbe Stunde nach dem Diner zu denen, die, unbeklommen plaudernd, als Habitués des Nichtgeheueren, den Weg ins Kellergeschoß einschlugen.
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