Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crusader"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crusader \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"
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