{{wiktionary|crusader}}
'''Crusader''' or '''Crusaders''' most commonly refers to:
* Crusaders, the participants in one of the Crusades, religious wars of the High Middle Ages
'''Crusader''', '''Crusaders''' and variations may also refer to:
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== Military == * Convair NB-36H, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber nicknamed 'The Crusader' * Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II * Crusaders (guerrilla), a Croatian anti-communist guerrilla army * F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet ** XF8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8 * {{HMS|Crusader}}, three British ships * Operation Crusader, a British attack in North Africa in the Second World War * ''Crusaders'', former nickname of VMFA-122, a United States Marine Corps unit * XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project
== Arts, entertainment, and media==
=== Music === ==== Albums ==== * ''Crusader'' (Chris de Burgh album), released in 1979 * ''Crusader'' (Saxon album), released in 1984 * ''The Crusader'' (album), the 2003 debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe
==== Groups ==== * The Crusaders (jazz fusion group), an American jazz/jazz fusion group, formerly the Jazz Crusaders * The Crusaders (garage band), a 1960s garage band from Los Angeles who released first Gospel rock record * The Crusaders, Neil Christian's backing group * Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International World Class drum corps * Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a DCI Open Class drum corps
=== Films=== * ''The Crusaders'' (1918 film), an Italian film * ''The Crusader'' (1932 film), a film starring Evelyn Brent * ''The Crusaders'' (2001 film), an Italian television mini-series * ''Crusader'' (film), a 2005 TV movie starring Bo Derek and Andrew McCarthy
===Fictional characters=== * Crusader (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' character Class * Crusader (Marvel Comics), two different fictional characters in Marvel Comics * Crusader, an alias used by a character claiming to be Marvel Boy * Crusaders (DC Comics), a name used by a team of DC Comics superheroes * Crusaders (Marvel Comics), a name by a similar team from Marvel Comics * "The Crusaders", a 1992 DC Comics relaunch of ''Mighty Crusaders'', a comics superhero team
=== Games === * ''Crusader'' (game series), a 1995 action computer game series * ''Crusader: Adventure Out of Time'', a 1997 video game * ''Stronghold: Crusader'', a 2001 computer strategy game
=== Literature=== * ''Crusader'' (Bloor novel), a 1999 novel by Edward Bloor * ''Crusader'' (Sara Douglass novel), a 1999 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass * ''The Crusaders'', a 1948 bestseller by Stefan Heym * ''The Crusaders. An Historical Romance, of the Twelfth Century'', an 1820 novel by Louisa Stanhope
===Periodicals=== Many newspapers have used ''The Crusader'' as a title, including: * ''Crusader'', a newspaper of the African Blood Brotherhood * ''Crusader'', a publication of College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts * ''Crusader'', a newspaper of The Knights Party *''The New Orleans Crusader'', also known as the ''Crusader'' and ''Weekly Crusader'', a publication that carried entries from Rodolphe Desdunes
===Other arts, entertainment, and media=== * ''Crusader (TV series)'', a 1955–1956 adventure/drama television series starring Brian Keith * "The Crusaders", the initial name of ''Southern Knights'', a comic series started in 1982 * ''The Crusader'' (sculpture), a 1931 Lorado Taft sculpture in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery
== Sports == ===Athletics teams=== * Bishop Heelan Catholic High School Crusaders, Sioux City, Iowa * Belmont Abbey College Crusaders, the athletic teams of Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina * Capital Crusaders, the athletic teams of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio * Canisius Crusaders, the athletics teams of Canisius High School, Buffalo, New York * Crusaders, the athletics teams of Chicago's Brother Rice High School * Holy Cross Crusaders, the athletics teams of College of the Holy Cross * North Greenville Crusaders, the athletic teams of North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina * Pensacola Catholic Crusaders, the sports teams of Pensacola Catholic High School * Riordan Crusaders, the sports teams of Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, California * Univ. of Dallas Crusaders, the sports teams of the University of Dallas
===Cricket teams=== * Kandy Crusaders, a Sri Lankan domestic T20 cricket team
===Football teams=== * Amsterdam Crusaders, an American football team from the Netherlands * Carlstad Crusaders, an American football team from Sweden * Crusaders F.C., an association football team from Northern Ireland * Gilford Crusaders F.C., an association football team from Northern Ireland
===Ice hockey teams=== * Cleveland Crusaders, a World Hockey Association team from 1972 to 1976
===Rugby league teams=== * London Broncos, an English rugby league club once known as London Crusaders * Crusaders Rugby League, a defunct Welsh rugby league club, formerly the Celtic Crusaders **North Wales Crusaders, Phoenix club of the above
===Rugby union teams=== * Crusaders (rugby union), a rugby union team from New Zealand, formerly the Canterbury Crusaders * Western Crusaders, a rugby union team from Fiji
===Other uses in sports=== * Crusader (horse) (1923–1940), a United States racehorse * Lucas Oil Crusader, a monster truck currently racing in the Monster Jam professional monster truck racing series
== Transportation == ===Civilian aircraft and ships=== * Crusader (speedboat), the jet speedboat in which John Cobb died * American Gyro AG-4 Crusader, an aircraft built by the Crusader Aircraft Corporation * Cessna T303 Crusader, a civilian aircraft * Short Crusader, a racing seaplane built by Short Brothers
===Civilian ground vehicles=== * ''Crusader'' (train), a streamlined train which operated between 1937 and 1981 * Crusader, a type of emergency ambulance in widespread use in the United Kingdom, originally developed by the St John Ambulance Brigade * ''Crusader'', a GWR 3031 Class locomotive that was built for and ran on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
== Other uses == * The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S. * Crusaders, the 1906-2006 name of Urban Saints, a Christian youth charity based in the United Kingdom
== See also == {{canned search|crusader}} * {{intitle|crusaders}} * {{intitle|crusader}} * Crusade (disambiguation) * Mujahid (disambiguation) * Mujahideen, participants in ''jihad'' ("crusade" or "struggle")
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