Also 8–9 croisader. [f. CRUSADE v. (or sb.) + -ER. Cf. obs. F. croisadeur (Cotgr.).] One who engages in a crusade.
1743. W. Whitehead, Ess. Ridicule. If, crusaders like, their zeal be rage.
1769. De Foe’s Tour Gt. Brit., III. 169. Standing cross-legged, like our Effigies of Croisaders in Churches.
1825. Fosbroke, Encycl. Antiq. (1843), I. 133. Badge of croisaders.
1866. Treas. Bot., 292. The crusaders found Citrons, Oranges, and Lemons very abundant in Palestine.
