crusader

crusade +‎ -er

• IPA^(key): /kɹuːˈseɪdə/
• Rhymes: -eɪdə(r)

crusader (plural crusaders)

1. A person engaged in a crusade.
2. (historical) A fighter in the medieval Crusades.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one, while in the case of monk and crusader there must have been a sustaining purpose, and possibly a great abnegation, a leaving of lands and possessions.”

   the crusaders of the Middle Ages

• “crusader” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.