Definition of "weekender"

weekender

noun
plural weekenders
1. Someone who visits a place for a weekend break.
2. Someone who takes part in a sport or similar event at weekends.
  Quotations
  There are the regulars who come five or six nights a week; they become bored or impatient with the same sounds night after night. Then there are the weekenders who like the familiar sounds and become quickly impatient with the unfamiliar, newest releases.
  1976 August 28, Val Bernasconi, “The Trials and Tribulations of a Music Programmer”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 8
3. Ellipsis of weekender bag.
4. A place used primarily for weekends away.
5. An event that takes place over a weekend.
  Quotations
  I can't remember who else played – it was a weekender and all sorts of local bands were on – but we were the only 'punk' band […]
  2014, Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984, page 38
6. A small liveaboard boat, suitable for short-term accommodation but not a permanent residence.