crusado


cru·sa·do

(kro͞o-sä′dō) also cru·za·do (-zä′-)n. pl. cru·sa·does or cru·sa·dos also cru·za·does or cru·za·dos An old Portuguese coin of gold or silver having a cross pictured on the reverse.
[Portuguese, from past participle of cruzar, to mark with a cross, from cruz, cross, from Latin crux, cruc-.]

crusado

(kruːˈseɪdəʊ) or

cruzado

n, pl -does or -dos (-dəʊz; Portuguese -duʃ) (Currencies) a former gold or silver coin of Portugal bearing on its reverse the figure of a cross[C16: literally, marked with a cross, from cruzar to bear a cross; see crusade]

cru•sa•do

(kruˈseɪ doʊ) also

cruzado



n., pl. -does, -dos. an early Portuguese coin of gold or silver, bearing the figure of a cross. [1535–45; < Portuguese cruzado crossed, marked with a cross. See cross, -ate1]