weekend warrior
noun
: a person who participates in a usually physically strenuous activity only on weekends or part-time
Examples of weekend warrior in a Sentence
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The place switched hands and found a new identity, catering to the canyon community and weekend warriors alike.
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
Pro skiers and weekend warriors have made out and passed out on those leather sofas while the windows steamed after a deep powder day.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2023
The similarity between both groups also persisted when researchers made the definition of a weekend warrior more stringent.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 3 Aug. 2023
The researchers characterized the participants as either weekend warriors, regular exercisers or as inactive.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 July 2023
There are plenty of weekend warriors with no injuries but their bodies have acclimated to it.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 July 2023
His new patrol has a couple of guys who are the weekend warrior types — a store manager, an events staff guy.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
Those performances, more than 1,800 miles apart, on the last Saturday night of March showcased two extremes: A rock star who's traveled the world playing originals and a weekend warrior plugging away with a cover band in local bars and clubs.
—IndyStar, 28 Apr. 2023
The average weekend warrior encounters increasingly insurmountable obstacles on their journey to the mountain: traffic chokes the highways; lift ticket prices are extortionary; climate change has made powder days scarcer.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2023
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
Pro skiers and weekend warriors have made out and passed out on those leather sofas while the windows steamed after a deep powder day.
—Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2023
The similarity between both groups also persisted when researchers made the definition of a weekend warrior more stringent.
—Julia Landwehr, Health, 3 Aug. 2023
The researchers characterized the participants as either weekend warriors, regular exercisers or as inactive.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 July 2023
There are plenty of weekend warriors with no injuries but their bodies have acclimated to it.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 July 2023
His new patrol has a couple of guys who are the weekend warrior types — a store manager, an events staff guy.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
Those performances, more than 1,800 miles apart, on the last Saturday night of March showcased two extremes: A rock star who's traveled the world playing originals and a weekend warrior plugging away with a cover band in local bars and clubs.
—IndyStar, 28 Apr. 2023
The average weekend warrior encounters increasingly insurmountable obstacles on their journey to the mountain: traffic chokes the highways; lift ticket prices are extortionary; climate change has made powder days scarcer.
—Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1981, in the meaning defined above
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“Weekend warrior.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekend%20warrior. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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