weekend warrior
Americannoun
-
a reservist who attends weekend meetings of their unit in order to fulfill military obligations.
-
a person who engages in a hobby or activity only on weekends or in their leisure time and is not considered to be particularly skilled, prepared, etc..
They sell exercise equipment for the casual user and weekend warrior.
Etymology
Origin of weekend warrior
First recorded in 1930–35
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
