Crusader Explained

Crusader or Crusaders, (often capitalized) refers to Christian fighters who participated in one of the Crusades.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] It may also refer to:

Military

Convair NB-36H Crusader, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber
Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II
Crusaders (guerrilla), a Croatian anti-communist guerrilla army
F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet
- XF8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8
, three British ships
Operation Crusader, a British attack in North Africa in the Second World War
VMFA-122 Crusaders, United States Marine Corps fixed wing Fighter-Attack Squadron 122
XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Crusader (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons character Class
Crusader (Marvel Comics), two different fictional characters in Marvel Comics
Crusader, an alias used by a character claiming to be Marvel Boy
Caped Crusader, an epithet for Batman
Crusader X, an alternate version of Captain Britain
Crusaders (DC Comics), a name used by a team of DC Comics superheroes
Crusaders (Marvel Comics), a name by a similar team from Marvel Comics
Mighty Crusaders, an Archie comics superhero team, later licensed by DC Comics and relaunched as "The Crusaders" on the Imprint label
, the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime

Films

Crusader (film), a 2005 TV movie starring Bo Derek and Andrew McCarthy
"Crusaders" (original title Krzyżacy means "Crusaders"), a Polish film released as Knights of the Teutonic Order
The Crusader (1932 film), a 1932 film starring Evelyn Brent
The Crusader (2007 film), a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture
The Crusaders (1918 film), a 1918 Italian film
The Crusaders (2001 film), a 2001 Italian television mini-series

Games

Crusader (game series), a 1995 action computer game series
, a 1997 video game
, a 2001 computer strategy game

Literature

Crusader (Bloor novel), a 1999 novel by Edward Bloor
Crusader (Sara Douglass novel), a 1999 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass
The Crusaders, a 1948 bestseller by Stefan Heym
The Crusaders. An Historical Romance, of the Twelfth Century, an 1820 novel by Louisa Stanhope

Music

Albums

Crusader (Chris de Burgh album), released in 1979
Crusader (Saxon album), released in 1984
The Crusader (album), the 2003 debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe

Groups

The Crusaders (jazz fusion group), a jazz and R&B group popular in the 1970s
The Crusaders (garage band), a 1960s garage band from Los Angeles who released first Gospel rock record
The Crusaders, Neil Christian's backing group
Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International World Class drum corps
Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a DCI Open Class drum corps

Periodicals

Many newspapers have used The Crusader as a title, including:

Crusader, a newspaper of the African Blood Brotherhood
Crusader, a publication of College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
Crusader, a newspaper of The Knights Party
The East St. Louis Crusader, a former newspaper in East St. Louise for African Americans
The New Orleans Crusader, also known as the Crusader and Weekly Crusader, a publication that carried entries from Rodolphe Desdunes

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Crusader (TV series), a 1955–1956 adventure/drama television series starring Brian Keith
Southern Knights, a comic series originally called the Crusaders in their first issue
The Crusader (sculpture), a 1931 Lorado Taft sculpture in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery

Sports

Athletics teams

Bishop Heelan Catholic High School Crusaders, Sioux City, IA
Belmont Abbey College Crusaders, the athletic teams of Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina
Capital Crusaders, the athletic teams of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
Canisius Crusaders, the athletics teams of Canisius High School, Buffalo, NY
Crusaders, the athletics teams of Chicago's Brother Rice High School
Holy Cross Crusaders, the athletics teams of College of the Holy Cross
North Greenville Crusaders, the athletic teams of North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina
Pensacola Catholic Crusaders, the sports teams of Pensacola Catholic High School
Univ. of Dallas Crusaders, the sports teams of the University of Dallas

Cricket teams

Kandy Crusaders, a Sri Lankan domestic T20 cricket team

Football teams

Amsterdam Crusaders, an American football team from the Netherlands
Carlstad Crusaders, an American football team from Sweden
Crusaders F.C., an association football team from Northern Ireland

Ice hockey teams

Cleveland Crusaders, a World Hockey Association team from 1972 to 1976

Rugby league teams

London Broncos, an English rugby league club once known as London Crusaders
Crusaders Rugby League, a defunct Welsh rugby league club, formerly the Celtic Crusaders
- North Wales Crusaders, Phoenix club of the above

Rugby union teams

Crusaders (rugby union), a rugby union team from New Zealand, formerly the Canterbury Crusaders
Western Crusaders, a rugby union team from Fiji

Other uses in sports

Crusader (horse) (1923–1940), a United States racehorse
Lucas Oil Crusader, a monster truck currently racing in the Monster Jam professional monster truck racing series

Transportation

Civilian aircraft and ships

Crusader (speedboat), the jet speedboat in which John Cobb died
American Gyro AG-4 Crusader, an aircraft built by the Crusader Aircraft Corporation
Cessna T303 Crusader, a civilian aircraft
Short Crusader, a racing seaplane built by Short Brothers

Civilian ground vehicles

Crusader (train), a streamlined train which operated between 1937 and 1981
Crusader, a type of emergency ambulance in widespread use in the United Kingdom, originally developed by the St John Ambulance Brigade
Crusader, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive that was built for and ran on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
Royal Enfield Crusader Sports, a 248cc motorcycle of the 1960s

Other uses

The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S.
Urban Saints, a Christian youth charity based in the United Kingdom previously known as Crusaders

Notes and References

Web site: 2024-08-07 . Definition of CRUSADER . 2024-08-16 . www.merriam-webster.com . en.
Web site: Crusader . dictionary.cambridge.org.
Web site: Dictionary.com crusader . 2024-08-16 . Dictionary.com . en.