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Meaning of CRUSADER

Pronunciation:  kroos'eydur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
  2. [n]  a disputant who advocates reform
 

CRUSADER is a 8 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: meliorist, reformer, reformist
 
 See Also: abolitionist, activist, Anthony Comstock, birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer, Chartist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, Comstock, conservationist, controversialist, demonstrator, disputant, dry, emancipationist, environmentalist, feminist, flower child, Francis Everett Townsend, freedom fighter, Girolamo Savonarola, hippie, hippy, hipster, Hus, Huss, insurgent, insurrectionist, Jan Hus, John Huss, John Wilkes, libber, militant, non-resistant, Owen, passive resister, prohibitionist, protester, rebel, Robert Owen, Savonarola, Townsend, Utopian, warrior, Wilkes, women's liberationist, women's rightist

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cru*sad"er\ (-s?"d?r), n.
One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle
Ages.

      Azure-eyed and golden-haired, Forth the young crusaders
      fared.                                   --Longfellow.

 

 

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