ALL meanings of crusade
cru·sade
C c - countable noun crusade A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about. 3
- verb crusade If you crusade for a particular cause, you make a long and determined effort to achieve something for it. 3
- pluralproper noun crusade The Crusades were the wars that were fought by Christians in Palestine against the Muslims during the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries. 3
- noun crusade any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims 3
- noun crusade (formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause 3
- noun crusade a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause 3
- verb crusade to campaign vigorously for something 3
- verb crusade to go on a crusade 3
- noun crusade any of the military expeditions which Christians undertook from the 11th to the end of the 13th cent. to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims 3
- noun crusade a vigorous, concerted action for some cause or idea, or against some abuse 3
- intransitive verb crusade to engage in a crusade 3
- noun crusade moral mission 1
- noun crusade fight for a cause 1
- noun plural crusade medieval Christian wars 1
- intransitive verb crusade fight for a religious cause 1
- noun crusade Lead or take part in an energetic and organized campaign concerning a social, political, or religious issue. 1
- noun crusade (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims. 1
- noun crusade any war carried on under papal sanction. 1
- noun crusade any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc.: a crusade against child abuse. 1
- verb without object crusade to go on or engage in a crusade. 1
- noun crusade Any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims. 0
- noun crusade (figuratively) A grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause. 0
- noun crusade (archaic) A Portuguese coin; a crusado. 0
- verb crusade To make a grand concerted effort toward some purportedly worthy cause. 0