crusadernoun [ C ]
uk/kruːˈseɪ.dər//kruːˈseɪ.dɚ/someone who makes a determined effort to achieve or stop something because of their strong beliefs:
He caught the public imagination as a crusader against corruption.
also Crusader a Christian who fought in one of the religious wars of the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th centuries, mostly against Muslims in Palestine
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People having good qualities
- advertisement
- altruism
- angel
- be the salt of the earth idiom
- brick
- bunch
- dear
- enchantress
- gem
- not be as black as you are painted idiom
- paragon
- poppet
- poster child
- saint
- salt
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- sweetheart
- sweetie
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