crusader

noun

krü-ˈsā-dər How to pronounce crusader (audio)
Definition of crusadernext
as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause a crusader for improved safety in coal mines

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Recent Examples of crusader Lebanese culture minister Ghassan Salameh tells NPR those strikes have put important Roman sites and a crusader castle at risk. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 May 2026 Saba masquerades like a CEF crusader whose mission is to eliminate any and every CEF discount. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Fearless and willing to brawl for her convictions, Teela, who is the biological daughter of the Sorceress and adopted daughter of the Man-At-Arms, teaches He-Man how to be a crusader of Eternia. — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps. — Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for crusader
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crusader
  1. partisan
  2. militant
  3. activist
  4. zealot
  5. advocate
Noun
  • Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.
    — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, partisans continued to spar over dozens of Republican bills that would allow voters to lower property taxes for homeowners by raising sales taxes on everyone.
    — David Wickert, AJC.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of partisan
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  • The country is also home to several minority groups that have clashed with regime forces in the past, including Kurdish militants, Arab and Baloch separatists, among others.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Since overthrowing the Assad dynasty and taking power in a lightning insurgency in December 2024, Syria’s new rulers have cracked down on militants from the extremist Islamic State group in an attempt to thwart attacks in and around the capital.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of militant
Noun
  • Photos of the demonstrators show Patriot Front leader and far-right activist Thomas Rousseau walking with the group.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Trudell was a Santee and Mexican American activist and poet, who died in 2015.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Definition of activist
Noun
  • Garrett says the new protocols acknowledge that academic institutions have the responsibility to take steps for the safety of their researchers and protect them from potentially dangerous interactions with conspiracy theorists and other reactionary zealots.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
  • However, Lee is no legalistic, zealot for the cause.
    — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of zealot
Noun
  • While advocates for court reporters say humans can still do the job better than machines, the fact that many hearings occur without any official transcript at all has drawn concern from top state officials.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Human rights advocates have also welcomed Jin’s release but cautioned that many members of Zion Church still remain behind bars.
    — Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Definition of advocate

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