week·end·er

[week-en-der]
noun
1.
a person who goes on a weekend vacation.
2.
a weekend guest.
3.
a traveling bag large enough to carry the clothing and personal articles needed for a weekend trip.
4.
a small pleasure boat, especially a sailboat, equipped to accommodate usually not more than four persons for a weekend cruise.
5.
a person who engages in a sport, hobby, or other activity occasionally, especially on weekends.
6.
Slang. a minor offender sentenced to serve a weekend or series of weekends in jail.

Origin:
1875–80; weekend + -er1

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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weekender (ˌwiːkˈɛndə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a person spending a weekend holiday in a place, esp habitually
2.  (Austral) a house, shack, etc, occupied only at weekends, for holidays, etc

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