Meaning of weekend warrior | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A part-time soldier, or reservist.
2. A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present.
   humorous

Examples

“Such was the pace with which I, and many like me, the so called ‘weekend warriors’ or Territorial Army, were hoisted aboard the Gulf War battle wagon.”

“At Anacostia, the training that is done to naval aviators who are in the Reserve Services, weekend warrior(s) as it were, and they come to Anacostia to get their refresher training.”

“The most common foot-related injury I see for the weekend warrior is heel pain.”

“Whoever camped here was no weekend warrior neither because round the tanks I saw old kero tins with veggies growing in them.”

“A study of nearly 90,000 people enrolled in the UK Biobank project found that “weekend warriors” who fit a week’s worth of exercise into one or two days had a lower risk of developing more than 200 diseases compared with inactive people.”

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