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crusader en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɹuːˈseɪdə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɹuˈseɪdɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English crusade Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English crusader From crusade + -er.

Meanings

1. (historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.
   • Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.” 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
   • the crusaders of the Middle Ages
2. (figuratively) A person engaged in a crusade.
3. (derogatory) An American, especially a soldier or leader who wages war against Islamist militants.
   • 1998, Osama Bin Ladenhttps://irp.fas.org/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm Second, despite the great devastation inflicted on the Iraqi people by the crusader-Zionist alliance, and despite the huge number of those killed, which has exceeded 1 million... despite all this, the Americans are once against trying to repeat the horrific massacres, as though they are not content with the protracted blockade imposed after the ferocious war or the fragmentation and devastation.
4. (derogatory, slur) A Westerner; a Christian, especially of European descent or a missionary.
5. (derogatory) (either attributively or in the plural) The United States and its Western allies.

Forms

Deriveds

caped crusader · crusaderism · crusaderist · crusaderlike · crusader complex · crusadery · cornstarch crusader

Translations (78)

sv korsriddare (fighter in the medieval crusades) · gl cruzado (fighter in the medieval crusades) · et ristisõdija (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ka ჯვაროსანი (fighter in the medieval crusades) · lt kryžiuotis (fighter in the medieval crusades) · cmn 鬥士 /斗士 (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · cmn 志士 (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · de Kreuzzügler (fighter in the medieval crusades) · da korsridder (fighter in the medieval crusades) · xcl խաչազգեստ (fighter in the medieval crusades) · kk кірескер (fighter in the medieval crusades) · tr mücahit (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · et ristisõdalane (fighter in the medieval crusades) · pt cruzado (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ca croat (fighter in the medieval crusades) · de Kreuzritter (fighter in the medieval crusades) · bo སེར་དམག་འགྱེད་མི (fighter in the medieval crusades) · fi ristiretkeilijä (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ro cruciat (fighter in the medieval crusades) · cmn 十字軍 /十字军 (fighter in the medieval crusades) · et ristirüütel (fighter in the medieval crusades) · sh križar (fighter in the medieval crusades) · cmn 十字軍戰士 /十字军战士 (fighter in the medieval crusades) · el σταυροφόρος (fighter in the medieval crusades) · la crucesignatus (fighter in the medieval crusades) · id tentara salib (fighter in the medieval crusades) · grc σταυροφόρος (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ca croat (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · es cruzado (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ga crosáidí (fighter in the medieval crusades) · fy krúsfarder (fighter in the medieval crusades) · sl križar (fighter in the medieval crusades) · de Kreuzfahrer (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ar صليبي (fighter in the medieval crusades) · xcl խաչընկալ (fighter in the medieval crusades) · mk крстоносец (fighter in the medieval crusades) · hy խաչակիր (fighter in the medieval crusades) · fi ristiretkeläinen (fighter in the medieval crusades) · la crucifer (fighter in the medieval crusades) · nb korsfarer (fighter in the medieval crusades) · bo ཚོས་ཀྱི་གཡུལ་འགྱེད་མི (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ja 十字軍 (fighter in the medieval crusades) · cs křižák (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ja 十字軍騎士 (fighter in the medieval crusades) · nl kruisvaarder (fighter in the medieval crusades) · oc crosat (fighter in the medieval crusades) · lv krustnesis (fighter in the medieval crusades) · mt kruċjat (fighter in the medieval crusades) · is krossfari (fighter in the medieval crusades) · eo krucmilitisto (fighter in the medieval crusades) · vi quân thập tự (fighter in the medieval crusades) · tr haçlılar (fighter in the medieval crusades) · az səlibçi (fighter in the medieval crusades) · pl krzyżowiec (fighter in the medieval crusades) · uk хрестоносець (fighter in the medieval crusades) · bg кръстоно́сец (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ms salibi (fighter in the medieval crusades) · hu keresztes (fighter in the medieval crusades) · af kruisvaarder (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · tr alperen (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · ur صلیبی (fighter in the medieval crusades) · hu kereszteslovag (fighter in the medieval crusades) · da korsfarer (fighter in the medieval crusades) · cy croesgadwr (fighter in the medieval crusades) · be крыжак (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ga agóideoir (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · he צַלְבָּן (fighter in the medieval crusades) · af kruisvaarder (fighter in the medieval crusades) · nl kruisridder (fighter in the medieval crusades) · nb korsfarer (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · sv korsfarare (fighter in the medieval crusades) · id salibi (fighter in the medieval crusades) · el σταυροφόρος (person engaged in a figurative crusade) · sk križiak (fighter in the medieval crusades) · it crociato (fighter in the medieval crusades) · ru крестоно́сец (fighter in the medieval crusades) · az xaçlı (fighter in the medieval crusades) · fr croisé (fighter in the medieval crusades)