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weekender

weekender noun: someone who visits a place for a weekend break. Also the ellipsis of weekender bag.

Noun

weekender (plural 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.1976 August 28, Val Bernasconi, “The Trials and Tribulations of a Music Programmer”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 8
  3. A place used primarily for weekends away.
    • We have a nice little weekender up in the mountains.
  4. 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 […]2014, Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984, page 38
  5. A small liveaboard boat, suitable for short-term accommodation but not a permanent residence.
  6. A person who serves jailtime or other criminal penalties only on the weekend, as part of a special program.

Also used as

weekender is also the ellipsis of weekender bag.

Forms of weekender

pluralweekenders

Origin of weekender

From weekend + -er.

Phrases with weekender

Questions about weekender

What does weekender mean?
Weekender means someone who visits a place for a weekend break.
What part of speech is weekender?
Weekender is a noun.
What is the plural of weekender?
The plural of weekender is weekenders.

Words near weekender in the dictionary

  1. weekend effect
  2. weekend effects
  3. weekend warrior
  4. weekend warriors
  5. weekended
  6. weekender
  7. weekender bag
  8. weekender bags
  9. weekenders
  10. weekendful
  11. weekendfuls

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