weekend warrior
[ week-end wawr-ee-er ]
nounInformal.
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.
Origin of weekend warrior
1First recorded in 1930–35
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How to use weekend warrior in a sentence
The single webbing strap is remarkably durable and hugs the foot like a good friend until the day it completely fails—which for me was roughly three years when I was river guiding and is about a decade now that I am a weekend warrior.
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