crusader (n.)

  1. a disputant who advocates reform

    [ Syn: reformer , reformist , social reformer , meliorist ]

  2. a warrior who engages in a holy war; the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims

    [ Syn: crusader ]

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