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Definition of haunt noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

haunt

noun
 
/hɔːnt/
 
/hɔːnt/
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  1. a place that somebody visits often or where they spend a lot of time
    • The pub is a favourite haunt of artists.
    • We’ve been back to some of our old haunts.
    • Is this one of your usual haunts?
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • favourite/​favorite
    • old
    • popular
    verb + haunt
    • go back to
    • return to
    • revisit
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘frequent (a place)’): from Old French hanter, of Germanic origin; distantly related to home.
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