Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - crusade
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Crusade
crusade
~1 n 1 one of a series of wars fought in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Christian armies trying to take Palestine from the Muslims 2 a determined attempt to change something because you think you are morally right + against/for (He seems to be running a one-man crusade against cigarette smoking.) ~2 v to take part in a crusade1 + against/for (crusading against nuclear weapons) - crusader n
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(crusades, crusading, crusaded) 1. A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about. Footballers launched an unprecedented crusade against racism on the terraces... = campaign N-COUNT: oft N against/for n, N to-inf 2. If you crusade for a particular cause, you make a long and determined effort to achieve something for it. ...a newspaper that has crusaded against the country’s cocaine traffickers. ...an adopted boy whose cause is taken up by a crusading lawyer. = campaign VERB: V against/for n, V-ing 3. The Crusades were the wars that were fought by Christians in Palestine against the Muslims during the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries. N-PROPER-PLURAL: the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: blend of Middle French croisade & Spanish cruzada; both ultimately from Latin cruc-, crux cross Date: circa 1708 1. capitalized any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy Land from the Muslims 2. a remedial enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm II. intransitive verb (~d; crusading) Date: 1732 to engage in a ~ • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a any of several medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. b a war instigated by the Church for alleged religious ends. 2 a vigorous campaign in favour of a cause. --v.intr. engage in a crusade. Derivatives crusader n. Etymology: earlier croisade (F f. croix cross) or crusado (Sp. f. cruz cross) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. ист. крестовый поход 2. кампания в защиту или поход против peace crusade —- поход в защиту мира a crusade against crime —- кампания борьбы с преступностью 3. ист. участвовать в крестовом походе 4. вести кампанию, бороться to crusade for women's rights —- бороться за равноправие женщин ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) hist. крестовый поход 2) поход, кампания (против чего-л. или за что-л.) 2. v. выступить походом; бороться (against - против чего-л.; for - в защиту чего-л., кого-л.) His family and friends are crusading against the imprisonment of a man whom they believe to be not guilty. Many women are crusading for improvements in the sexual equality laws. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1706, from croisade (1577), from M.Fr. croisade, Sp. cruzada, both from M.L. cruciata, pp. of cruciare "to mark with a cross," from L. crux (gen. crucis) "cross." Figurative sense of "campaign against a public evil" is from 1786. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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