weekend

weekend
I. noun Date: 1638 the end of the week; specifically the period between the close of one working or business or school week and the beginning of the next II. intransitive verb Date: 1901 to spend the weekend <
weekending in the country
>
III. adjective Date: 1935 active in a specified role only on weekends or part-time <
a weekend father
>
<
weekend athletes
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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