(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.
any war carried on under papal sanction.
any vigorous, aggressive movement for the defense or advancement of an idea, cause, etc.: a crusade against child abuse.
verb (used without object),cru·sad·ed,cru·sad·ing.
to go on or engage in a crusade.
Origin of crusade
1570–80; earlier crusada<Spanish cruzada; replacing croisade<Middle French. See cross, -ade1
His sudden death, at the age of 60, left many with the sense that his important crusade—championing the central value of social determinants in human health—would stop as well.
Bernard Tyson’s profound impact continues even after his death—through a new social investment fund|cleaf2013|September 16, 2020|Fortune
The complaints were filed by NOYB, the data-protection advocacy organization founded by Max Schrems, a young Austrian lawyer whose crusade to protect his Facebook data has reshaped the transatlantic legal landscape.
Europe’s privacy regulators form task force to tackle complaints about Google and Facebook code|David Meyer|September 4, 2020|Fortune
A crusade is based on the spirit of the people, and the will of volunteers.
The Unsung Heroism of Jesse Jackson|David Masciotra|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Within days of 9/11 he was talking about a “crusade” to avenge the blow, without realizing how freighted that word was.
Three Dicks: Cheney, Nixon, Richard III and the Art of Reputation Rehab|Clive Irving|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Seventeen years after giving birth to The Daily Show, comedian Lizz Winstead is on a crusade for lady parts.
'Daily Show' Creator Lizz Winstead Is the Queen of Calling Bullshit|Caitlin Dickson|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This, after two dozen of them said they were against Ted Cruz and his defunding Obamacare crusade.
Help Us Harry Reid, You’re Our Only Hope|Michael Tomasky|October 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The inspiration for the crusade struck her in November 2010, at the funeral of her old boss from Right to Life, recalls Porter.
Janet Folger Porter, Abortion Warrior, on Her Heartbeat Crusade|Michelle Cottle|July 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nor did the success of Henry's first crusade encourage him to persist in similar efforts.
Henry VIII.|A. F. Pollard
It is not a conflict of argument or reason, so much as a crusade against habit and prejudice.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)|Various
The conquest is shown to be a war of adventurers, a crusade of buccaneers, who wanted only gold.
Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860|Henrietta Christian Wright
What is the real meaning of the anti-National crusade; what the certain outcome of it?
The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge
I'm going to send you down the gangway when you go ashore to this crusade—properly absolved by your Church.
Tell England|Ernest Raymond
British Dictionary definitions for crusade
crusade
/ (kruːˈseɪd) /
noun
(often capital)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
(formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause
a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause
verb(intr)
to campaign vigorously for something
to go on a crusade
Derived forms of crusade
crusader, noun
Word Origin for crusade
C16: from earlier croisade, from Old French crois cross, from Latin crux; influenced also by Spanish cruzada, from cruzar to take up the cross