Meaning

5 senses
  1. (historical)A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

    the crusaders of the Middle Ages

    Kreuzfahrer, Kreuzritter, Kreuzzügler

    крестоно́сецkrestonósec

    хрестоносецьxrestonosecʹ

  2. (figuratively)A person engaged in a crusade.

  3. (derogatory)An American, especially a soldier or leader who wages war against Islamist militants.

    a warrior who engages in a holy war

  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.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. I'm a crusader.

    Я хрестоносець.

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  2. Tom is a crusader.

    ruТом крестоносец.

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  3. Tom was a crusader.

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  4. He's a crusader.

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  5. What did the Crusaders do in Jerusalem?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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fighter in the medieval crusades:
Русский
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fighter in the medieval crusades:
Deutsch
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fighter in the medieval crusades:

Forms

plural: crusaders
Singularcrusader
Pluralcrusaders

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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