crusader

English

Etymology

From crusade +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹuːˈseɪdə/
• IPA^(key): /kɹuˈseɪdɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪdə(r)

Noun

crusader (plural crusaders)

1. (historical) A fighter in the medieval Crusades.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”

   the crusaders of the Middle Ages

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

Translations

fighter in the medieval crusades

• Afrikaans: kruisvaarder
• Arabic: صليبي (salibi)
• Armenian: խաչակիր (hy) (xačʻakir)

  Old Armenian: խաչընկալ (xačʻənkal), խաչազգեստ (xačʻazgest)

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• Bulgarian: кръстоно́сец (bg) m (krǎstonósec)
• Catalan: croat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十字軍／十字军 (zh) (shízìjūn), 十字军 (zh) (shízìjūn), 十字軍戰士／十字军战士, 十字军战士 (shízìjūn zhànshì)

• Czech: křižák (cs) m
• Danish: korsfarer c
• Dutch: kruisvaarder (nl) m, kruisridder (nl) m (knight)
• Esperanto: krucmilitisto
• Estonian: ristirüütel, ristisõdalane, ristisõdija
• Finnish: ristiretkeläinen (fi), ristiretkeilijä
• French: croisé (fr) m
• Galician: cruzado m
• Georgian: ჯვაროსანი (ǯvarosani)
• German: Kreuzfahrer (de) m, Kreuzritter (de) m (knight), Kreuzzügler (de) m
• Greek: σταυροφόρος (el) m (stavrofóros)
• Hebrew: צַלְבָּן (he) m (tsalbán)
• Hungarian: keresztes (hu), kereszteslovag
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• Irish: crosáidí m
• Italian: crociato (it) m
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• Japanese: 十字軍 (じゅうじぐん, jūjigun), 十字軍騎士 (じゅうじぐんきし, jūjigun kishi)
• Latin: crucesignatus m
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• Macedonian: крстоносец m (krstonosec)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korsfarer m

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• Polish: krzyżowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cruzado (pt) m
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• Russian: крестоно́сец (ru) m (krestonósec)
• Slovak: križiak m
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• Spanish: cruzado (es) m
• Swedish: korsfarare (sv) c, korsriddare (sv) c (knight)
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• Turkish: haçlılar pl
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• Welsh: croesgadwr m
• West Frisian: krúsfarder c

person engaged in a crusade

• Afrikaans: kruisvaarder
• Catalan: croat (ca) m
• Irish: agóideoir m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korsfarer m

• Turkish: mücahit (tr), alperen (tr)

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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 십자군 (ko) (sipjagun)
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• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} crwsadydd m

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “crusader”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.