Crusader — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a disputant who advocates reform

a warrior who engages in a holy war

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹuːsˈeɪdɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹuːsˈeɪdə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹuːsˈeɪdə/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹuːsˈeɪdɚ/.

Examples

the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

reformist meliorist social reformer reformer

Parts of Speech

noun	a disputant who advocates reform
noun	a warrior who engages in a holy war “the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims”

Word Forms

reform	verb	make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
reformist	adjective	favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
reformism	noun	a doctrine of reform
crusade	verb	exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
meliorism	noun	the belief that the world can be made better by human effort

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kreuzritter

ein Disputant, der Reformen befürwortet

🇫🇷French

croisé

un contestataire qui prône la réforme

🇪🇸Spanish

cruzado

un litigante que aboga por la reforma

🇮🇹Italian

crociato

un contendente che sostiene la riforma

🇳🇱Dutch

kruisvaarder

een disputant die hervormingen bepleit

🇵🇹Portuguese

cruzado

um disputante que defende a reforma

🇷🇺Russian

крестоносец

спорщик, выступающий за реформу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जेहादी

एक विवादित व्यक्ति जो सुधार की वकालत करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্রুসেডার

একজন বিবাদকারী যিনি সংস্কারের পক্ষে

🇮🇳Tamil

சிலுவைப்போர்

சீர்திருத்தத்தை ஆதரிக்கும் ஒரு சர்ச்சைக்குரியவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రూసేడర్

సంస్కరణను సమర్థించే వివాదాస్పద వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

धर्मयुद्ध

एक वादग्रस्त जो सुधारणेचा पुरस्कार करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્રુસેડર

એક વિવાદી જે સુધારાની હિમાયત કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ರುಸೇಡರ್

ಸುಧಾರಣೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಿಸುವ ವಿವಾದಿತ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുരിശുയുദ്ധക്കാരൻ

പരിഷ്കരണത്തിന് വേണ്ടി വാദിക്കുന്ന ഒരു തർക്കക്കാരൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਰੂਸੇਡਰ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਵਾਦਕਰਤਾ ਜੋ ਸੁਧਾਰ ਦੀ ਵਕਾਲਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

صلیبی

ایک تنازعہ کرنے والا جو اصلاحات کی وکالت کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

十字军

主张改革的争论者

🇯🇵Japanese

十字軍

改革を主張する論客

🇰🇷Korean

십자군

개혁을 주장하는 논쟁자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quân thập tự chinh

một người tranh chấp ủng hộ cải cách

🇹🇭Thai

ผู้ทำสงครามครูเสด

ผู้โต้แย้งที่สนับสนุนการปฏิรูป

🇮🇩Indonesian

tentara salib

seorang pihak yang berselisih yang menganjurkan reformasi

🇲🇾Malay

tentera salib

seorang pertikai yang menyokong pembaharuan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

صليبي

مناضل يدعو إلى الإصلاح

🇮🇷Persian

جنگجوی صلیبی

مخالفی که طرفدار اصلاحات است

🇹🇷Turkish

Haçlı

reformu savunan bir tartışmacı

🇮🇱Hebrew

צַלבָּן

מחלוקת שדוגל ברפורמה

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