weekender

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weekender

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From weekend + -er.

noun weekenders

  1. Someone who visits a place for a weekend break.
  2. Someone who takes part in a sport or similar event at weekends. There are the regulars who come five or six nights a week; they become bored or impatient with the same sounds night after night. Then there are the weekenders who like the familiar sounds and become quickly impatient with the unfamiliar, newest releases.
  3. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of weekender bag
  4. A place used primarily for weekends away. We have a nice little weekender up in the mountains.
  5. An event that takes place over a weekend. I can't remember who else played – it was a weekender and all sorts of local bands were on – but we were the only 'punk' band […]
  6. A small liveaboard boat, suitable for short-term accommodation but not a permanent residence.
  7. A person who serves jailtime or other criminal penalties only on the weekend, as part of a special program.

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"weekender." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/weekender. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{weekender_2026,
  title = {weekender},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weekender},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}