Found 3 items, similar to CRUSADE.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: crusade
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: crusade
crusade
v 1: 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;
“The liberal party pushed
for reforms”;
“She is crusading for women's rights”;
“The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate” [syn:
fight,
press,
campaign,
push,
agitate]
2: go on a crusade; fight a holy war
crusade
n 1: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward
a particular end;
“he supported populist campaigns”;
“they worked in the cause of world peace”;
“the team was
ready for a drive toward the pennant”;
“the movement to
end slavery”;
“contributed to the war effort” [syn:
campaign,
cause,
drive,
movement,
effort]
2: any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in
the 11-13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe
tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Crusade
Crusade
\Cru*sade"\ (kr?-s?d"), n. [F. croisade, fr. Pr.
crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb
signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross,
fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly
fr. Pr. Cf.
Croisade,
Crosado, and see
Cross.]
1. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by
Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries,
for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.
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2. Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a
crusade against intemperance.
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3. A Portuguese coin. See
Crusado.
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Crusade
\Cru*sade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Crusaded; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Crusading.]
To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed
manner.
“Cease crusading against sense.” --M. Green.
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