Meaning of Crusader | Babel Free

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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