crusaded

Variant of crusade

noun

  1. 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
  2. a vigorous, concerted action for some cause or idea, or against some abuse

Origin: < Sp cruzada, altered after Fr croisade, both < ML cruciata < pp. of cruciare, to mark with a cross < L crux, cross

intransitive verb crusaded, crusading

to engage in a crusade

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