crusader

== English == === Etymology === From crusade + -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹuːˈseɪdə/ (General American) IPA(key): /kɹuˈseɪdɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪdə(ɹ) === Noun === crusader (plural crusaders) (historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades. the crusaders of the Middle Ages (figurative) A person engaged in a crusade. (Islam, politics, derogatory, Islamism) An American, especially a soldier or leader who wages war against Islamist militants. 1998, Osama Bin Laden[1] 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. (Islam, politics, derogatory, Islamism, religious slur) A Westerner; a Christian, especially of European descent or a missionary. (Islam, politics, derogatory, Islamism) (either attributively or in the plural) The United States and its Western allies. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “crusader”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.