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- Dictionarycrusader/kruːˈseɪdə/
noun
- 1. a fighter in the medieval Crusades.
- 2. a person who campaigns vigorously for political, social, or religious change; a campaigner: "crusaders for early detection and treatment of mental illnesses"
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Crusader : a person who participated in any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy Land from the Muslims. This is religion as the Crusaders knew it: a battle to the death for souls that if not saved will be forever lost. Benjamin R. Barber.
someone who makes a determined effort to achieve, change, or stop something because of their strong beliefs: crusader for They see themselves as crusaders for justice. crusader against He caught the public imagination as a crusader against corruption. Synonyms. campaigner. fighter (PERSON) (also Crusader)
Crusader definition: a participant in any of the crusades or military expeditions undertaken with papal sanction by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries in an effort to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. See examples of CRUSADER used in a sentence.
A concerted effort or vigorous movement for a cause or against an abuse: a crusade for literacy; a crusade against drunk driving.
A crusader is a person who works hard or campaigns forcefully for a cause. Most crusaders advocate dramatic social or political change. You can call a fierce champion for a cancer cure a crusader, and another kind of crusader could be an activist who works for school reform.
(kruːseɪdəʳ ) Word forms: crusaders. 1. countable noun. A crusader for a cause is someone who does a lot in support of it. He has set himself up as a crusader for higher press and broadcasting standards. [+ for] Synonyms: campaigner, champion, advocate, activist More Synonyms of crusader. 2. countable noun.
crusader. noun. /kruːˈseɪdə (r)/. /kruːˈseɪdər/. a person who makes a long and determined effort to achieve something that they believe to be right or to stop something they believe to be wrong synonym campaigner. She was a moral crusader who campaigned on a range of issues.
