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Definitions for: Crusader
[n] a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
[n] a disputant who advocates reform
Webster (1913) 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.
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
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