weekender

noun

week·​end·​er ˈwēk-ˈen-dər How to pronounce weekender (audio)
1
: one who vacations or visits for a weekend
2

Examples of weekender in a Sentence

The town is populated with weekenders from New York City.
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Away The Resort Weekender $225 at Away Travel This weekender bag is incredibly stylish while still being functional. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025 Large Miramar Weekender Travel more fashionably with this classic weekender bag. Kaitlin Marks, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2025 The weekender, which is the station’s flagship festival, will take place between March 26-29 at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Greater Manchester. Sophie Williams, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025 The accompanying shift in focus—away from Josh and Iris’s relationship and toward the former’s true motivation for acquiring the robot—also gives space for another one of the weekenders (played by Lukas Gage) to have some fun toying with a secret of his own. David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weekender

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of weekender was in 1880

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“Weekender.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekender. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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