English to English
crusade
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noun (n)
- any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- go on a crusade; fight a holy war(verb.competition)source: wordnet30
- To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.(verb)source: webster1913