Crusader

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crusader \Cru*sad"er\ (-s?"d?r), n.
     One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle
     Ages.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Azure-eyed and golden-haired,


           Forth the young crusaders fared.         --Longfellow.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crusader
       n 1: a disputant who advocates reform [syn: {reformer}, {reformist},
             {meliorist}]
       2: a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the crusaders tried to
          recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"