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Crusade — (engl.: Kreuzzug) steht für: eine österreichische Metalband, siehe Crusade (Band) eine US amerikanische Science Fiction Fernsehserie, siehe Crusade (Fernsehserie) ein Album der US amerikanischen Band Trivium, siehe The Crusade den Gründungsnamen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Crusade — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Crusade era una serie de televisión spin off de Babylon 5, creada también por J. Michael Straczynski. Contenido 1 Argumento 2 Reparto 2.1 Apariciones Especiales … Wikipedia Español
crusade — ► NOUN 1) any of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. 2) an energetic organized campaign with a political, social, or religious aim: a crusade against crime. ► VERB 1) lead or take … English terms dictionary
Crusade — Cru*sade (kr? s?d ), n. [F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one s self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. {Croisade},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crusade — Cru*sade , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crusaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crusading}.] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot headed manner. Cease crusading against sense. M. Green. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crusade — [kro͞o sād′] n. [< Sp cruzada, altered after Fr croisade, both < ML cruciata < pp. of cruciare, to mark with a cross < L crux, CROSS] 1. [sometimes C ] any of the military expeditions which Christians undertook from the 11th to the… … English World dictionary
crusade — index activity, campaign, operation, quest, venture Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
crusade — 1706, respelling of croisade (1570s), from M.Fr. croisade (16c.), Sp. cruzada, both from M.L. cruciata, pp. of cruciare to mark with a cross, from L. crux (gen. crucis) cross. Other M.E. forms were croiserie, creiserie. Figurative sense of… … Etymology dictionary
crusade — [n] campaign for cause cause, demonstration, drive, evangelism, expedition, holy war, jihad, march, movement, push; concept 300 … New thesaurus
crusade — I n. 1) to conduct; launch a crusade 2) to embark on; engage in; go on; join a crusade 3) a one man, one woman crusade 4) a holy crusade 5) a crusade against; for (a crusade against smoking) II v. (D; intr.) to crusade against; for (to crusade… … Combinatory dictionary
crusade — I UK [kruːˈseɪd] / US [kruˈseɪd] noun [countable] Word forms crusade : singular crusade plural crusades an effort over a long time to achieve something that you strongly believe is morally right a crusade to do something: a crusade to ban tobacco … English dictionary
