Crusader

Definitions

1. A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.
   historical
2. Said of an animal, son of progenitors of races or different castes.
3. A person engaged in a crusade.
   figuratively
4. Squad of the Sportive Club Catholic University or to his adherents.
5. An American, especially a soldier or leader who wages war against Islamist militants.
   derogatory
6. Said of a piece of clothes, such that closes superimposing a flap to the another.
7. A Westerner; a Christian, especially of European descent or a missionary.
   derogatory, slur
8. (either attributively or in the plural) The United States and its Western allies.
   derogatory

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Examples

“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”

“1998, Osama Bin Ladenhttps://irp.fas.org/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm Second, despite the great devastation inflicted on the Iraqi people by the crusader-Zionist alliance, and despite the huge number⟳ of those killed, which has exceeded 1 million... despite all this, the Americans are once against trying to repeat⟳ the horrific massacres, as though they are not content with the protracted blockade imposed after the ferocious war or the fragmentation and devastation.”

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