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Crusader

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Noun

1. crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer

a disputant who advocates reform

2. crusader

a warrior who engages in a holy war

Example Sentences:
'the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Crusader

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n.
1. often Crusade Any of the military expeditions undertaken by European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
2. A holy war undertaken with papal sanction.
3. A concerted effort or vigorous movement for a cause or against an abuse: a crusade for literacy; a crusade against drunk driving.
intr.v. cru·sad·ed, cru·sad·ing, cru·sades
To engage in a crusade.

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