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单词 crusader
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Definition of crusader in English:

crusader

noun kruːˈseɪdəkruˈseɪdər
  • 1A fighter in the medieval Crusades.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His accomplishments belong outdoors in military feats as vassal of the King and crusader for God.
    • King Guy was released by Saladin, perhaps to divide the Christians, and after a quarrel with Conrad he led the arriving crusaders to besiege Acre in August 1189.
    • The man who went on about the need for love found himself backing crusaders all the way to the Holy Land.
    • Participation in the Crusade was said to have great spiritual value for the individual crusader.
    • In the event of the crusaders proving hostile, the Emperor hardly had the means of resistance.
    • Unlike Estonians and Latvians, Lithuanian tribes united and repulsed the German crusaders.
    • He depended heavily on chosen glories to galvanise support, identifying himself with Saladin, who defeated the Christian crusaders in the 12 th century.
    • Divided between the followers of Hus - the Hussites - and the Catholics, the country was attacked by crusaders and plunged into turmoil.
    • Between the Greeks and the crusaders, no sympathy could exist.
    • It was restored and added to by the Arabs who were later replaced by the crusaders.
    • Many fierce and sanguinary conflicts took place between Saladin and the crusaders, but neither side, for a time, gained any decided advantage.
    • The schism between the churches was finalized in 1204 when crusaders captured Constantinople.
    • More than thirty thousand crusaders lost their lives.
    • Religious exaltation and fear of a relief force impelled the crusaders, with no siege equipment, to a doomed attack on 13 June.
    • The entire venture was an ignoble failure, calling forth from Bernard a passionate lament over the sins of the crusaders.
    • The final stand of the 500 believers there lasted 10 months during 1243 as the might of the Albigensian crusaders gradually wore them down.
    • They might have lost Spain, but the Ottoman conquests in Europe had far exceeded anything the crusaders had gained in the East.
    • In the face of imminent disaster, Shajara held Egypt together and managed a victory against the crusaders.
    • At the time of his election he had been a crusader in the Holy Land to which he had accompanied Prince Edward - the future King Edward of England.
    • Inevitably, a fight escalated into a riot and the crusaders went on a rampage, killing every Muslim they could find.
    Synonyms
    campaigner, fighter, battler
    champion, advocate, promoter, enthusiast
    reformer
  • 2A person who campaigns vigorously for political, social, or religious change; a campaigner.

    crusaders for early detection and treatment of mental illnesses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has since become a crusader against gangs.
    • But when his audience is less religious, he suddenly turns into a pro-abortion crusader.
    • Actually, 11-year-old Macario, an unlikely crusader, left himself behind.
    • But the cause of vegetarianism does have a few valiant crusaders.
    • In 2004, the Republicans will be a prowar party led by a would-be crusader.
    • Dr Wakefield is a crusader for truth, a committed scientist, a conscientious physician, and a devoted family man.
    • The fight for justice, inclusion and the voices of the marginalised has suddenly lost its most committed crusader.
    • We were in an Edmonton movie theatre, watching an ad featuring local anti-smoking crusader Barb Tarbox.
    • CNN entertainment correspondent Brooke Anderson is investigating Senator Patrick Leahy's fascination with the caped crusader.
    • Sneddon no doubt sees himself as a crusader in a cultural and moral war.
    • True, not everyone is as fervent as the young crusaders of the high-tech sector.
    • Theoretical science has been slowly driven from the universities by the new crusaders of Postmodernism.
    • Veronica Guerin builds the lead character into a three-dimensional woman, not just a righteous crusader.
    • Some are more in the crusader mold than others.
    • The seat on the left has held Roosevelt the friend of labor, rememberer of the forgotten man, reformer and crusader.
    • The punctuation crusader turns her wrath to those often hilarious, sometimes tragic, yuletide greetings.
    • A radical crusader against wildlife protections - Congressman Richard Pombo of California - has been elevated to the chairmanship of the important House Resources Committee.
    • The show was anchored, with the zeal of a crusader rather than dispassionate neutrality, by Ravi Shastri.
    • Hollywood, Florida, police are still holding the news conference right now alongside John Walsh, Adam's dad, now an anti- crime crusader.
    • Sachs and other like-minded crusaders have put public health back on the map, leading to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
    Synonyms
    campaigner, fighter, battler

Rhymes

abrader, Ada, blockader, dissuader, evader, fader, grader, Grenada, invader, masquerader, Nader, parader, persuader, raider, Rigveda, Seder, serenader, trader, upgrader, Veda, wader
 
 

Definition of crusader in US English:

crusader

nounkro͞oˈsādərkruˈseɪdər
  • 1A fighter in the medieval Crusades.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The man who went on about the need for love found himself backing crusaders all the way to the Holy Land.
    • The entire venture was an ignoble failure, calling forth from Bernard a passionate lament over the sins of the crusaders.
    • He depended heavily on chosen glories to galvanise support, identifying himself with Saladin, who defeated the Christian crusaders in the 12 th century.
    • They might have lost Spain, but the Ottoman conquests in Europe had far exceeded anything the crusaders had gained in the East.
    • Divided between the followers of Hus - the Hussites - and the Catholics, the country was attacked by crusaders and plunged into turmoil.
    • Unlike Estonians and Latvians, Lithuanian tribes united and repulsed the German crusaders.
    • Inevitably, a fight escalated into a riot and the crusaders went on a rampage, killing every Muslim they could find.
    • In the event of the crusaders proving hostile, the Emperor hardly had the means of resistance.
    • In the face of imminent disaster, Shajara held Egypt together and managed a victory against the crusaders.
    • Participation in the Crusade was said to have great spiritual value for the individual crusader.
    • The schism between the churches was finalized in 1204 when crusaders captured Constantinople.
    • His accomplishments belong outdoors in military feats as vassal of the King and crusader for God.
    • Between the Greeks and the crusaders, no sympathy could exist.
    • The final stand of the 500 believers there lasted 10 months during 1243 as the might of the Albigensian crusaders gradually wore them down.
    • It was restored and added to by the Arabs who were later replaced by the crusaders.
    • At the time of his election he had been a crusader in the Holy Land to which he had accompanied Prince Edward - the future King Edward of England.
    • More than thirty thousand crusaders lost their lives.
    • Many fierce and sanguinary conflicts took place between Saladin and the crusaders, but neither side, for a time, gained any decided advantage.
    • Religious exaltation and fear of a relief force impelled the crusaders, with no siege equipment, to a doomed attack on 13 June.
    • King Guy was released by Saladin, perhaps to divide the Christians, and after a quarrel with Conrad he led the arriving crusaders to besiege Acre in August 1189.
    Synonyms
    campaigner, fighter, battler
  • 2A person who campaigns vigorously for political, social, or religious change; a campaigner.

    crusaders for early detection and treatment of mental illness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Theoretical science has been slowly driven from the universities by the new crusaders of Postmodernism.
    • But the cause of vegetarianism does have a few valiant crusaders.
    • Veronica Guerin builds the lead character into a three-dimensional woman, not just a righteous crusader.
    • Some are more in the crusader mold than others.
    • Hollywood, Florida, police are still holding the news conference right now alongside John Walsh, Adam's dad, now an anti- crime crusader.
    • He has since become a crusader against gangs.
    • Dr Wakefield is a crusader for truth, a committed scientist, a conscientious physician, and a devoted family man.
    • The punctuation crusader turns her wrath to those often hilarious, sometimes tragic, yuletide greetings.
    • Sachs and other like-minded crusaders have put public health back on the map, leading to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
    • The seat on the left has held Roosevelt the friend of labor, rememberer of the forgotten man, reformer and crusader.
    • The show was anchored, with the zeal of a crusader rather than dispassionate neutrality, by Ravi Shastri.
    • A radical crusader against wildlife protections - Congressman Richard Pombo of California - has been elevated to the chairmanship of the important House Resources Committee.
    • We were in an Edmonton movie theatre, watching an ad featuring local anti-smoking crusader Barb Tarbox.
    • But when his audience is less religious, he suddenly turns into a pro-abortion crusader.
    • True, not everyone is as fervent as the young crusaders of the high-tech sector.
    • The fight for justice, inclusion and the voices of the marginalised has suddenly lost its most committed crusader.
    • CNN entertainment correspondent Brooke Anderson is investigating Senator Patrick Leahy's fascination with the caped crusader.
    • Sneddon no doubt sees himself as a crusader in a cultural and moral war.
    • Actually, 11-year-old Macario, an unlikely crusader, left himself behind.
    • In 2004, the Republicans will be a prowar party led by a would-be crusader.
    Synonyms
    campaigner, fighter, battler
 
 
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