Obs. rare. [f. stem of CRUSADE + -ARD: cf. CROISARD.] A crusader.
1753. trans. Voltaire’s Micromegas, etc. 59. The most politic of all the Crusards [tous ces croisēs], and perhaps the only politician among them, was Bohemond. Ibid., 90. Saladin returning with conquest from Mesopotamia, gave battle to those Crusards, near Cæsarea.
