Crusader or Crusaders may refer to:
Military
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Crusader, a participant in one of the Crusades
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Convair NB-36H Crusader, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber
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Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II
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Crusaders (guerrilla), a Croatian anti-communist guerrilla army
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F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet
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XF8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8
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, three British ships
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Operation Crusader, a British attack in North Africa in the Second World War
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VMFA-122 Crusaders, United States Marine Corps fixed wing Fighter-Attack Squadron 122
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XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional characters
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Crusader ( Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons character Class
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Crusader (Marvel Comics), two different fictional characters in Marvel Comics
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Crusader, an alias used by a character claiming to be Marvel Boy
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Caped Crusader, an epithet for Batman
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Crusader X, an alternate version of Captain Britain
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Crusaders (DC Comics), a name used by a team of DC Comics superheroes
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Crusaders (Marvel Comics), a name by a similar team from Marvel Comics
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Mighty Crusaders, an Archie comics superhero team, later licensed by DC Comics and relaunched as "The Crusaders" on the Imprint label
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, the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime
Music
Albums
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Crusader (Chris de Burgh album), released in 1979
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Crusader (Saxon album), released in 1984
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The Crusader (album), the 2003 debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe
Groups
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The Crusaders (jazz fusion group), an American jazz/jazz fusion group, formerly the Jazz Crusaders
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The Crusaders (garage band), a 1960s garage band from Los Angeles who released first Gospel rock record
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The Crusaders, Neil Christian's backing group
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Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International World Class drum corps
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Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a DCI Open Class drum corps
Films
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Crusader (film), a 2005 TV movie starring Bo Derek and Andrew McCarthy
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"Crusaders" (original title Krzyżacy means "Crusaders"), a Polish film released as Knights of the Teutonic Order
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The Crusader (1932 film), a 1932 film starring Evelyn Brent
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The Crusader (2007 film), a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture
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The Crusaders (1918 film), a 1918 Italian film
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The Crusaders (2001 film), a 2001 Italian television mini-series
Games
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Crusader (game series), a 1995 action computer game series
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, a 1997 video game
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, a 2001 computer strategy game
Literature
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Crusader (Bloor novel), a 1999 novel by Edward Bloor
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Crusader (Sara Douglass novel), a 1999 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass
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The Crusaders, a 1948 bestseller by Stefan Heym
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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:
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Crusader, a newspaper of the African Blood Brotherhood
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Crusader, a publication of College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Crusader, a newspaper of The Knights Party
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The East St. Louis Crusader, a former newspaper in East St. Louise for African Americans
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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
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Crusader (TV series), a 1955–1956 adventure/drama television series starring Brian Keith
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Southern Knights, a comic series originally called the Crusaders in their first issue
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The Crusader (sculpture), a 1931 Lorado Taft sculpture in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery
Sports
Athletics teams
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Bishop Heelan Catholic High School Crusaders, Sioux City, Iowa
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Belmont Abbey College Crusaders, the athletic teams of Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina
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Capital Crusaders, the athletic teams of Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
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Canisius Crusaders, the athletics teams of Canisius High School, Buffalo, New York
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Crusaders, the athletics teams of Chicago's Brother Rice High School
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Holy Cross Crusaders, the athletics teams of College of the Holy Cross
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North Greenville Crusaders, the athletic teams of North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina
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Pensacola Catholic Crusaders, the sports teams of Pensacola Catholic High School
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Riordan Crusaders, the sports teams of Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, California
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Univ. of Dallas Crusaders, the sports teams of the University of Dallas
Cricket teams
Football teams
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Amsterdam Crusaders, an American football team from the Netherlands
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Carlstad Crusaders, an American football team from Sweden
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Crusaders F.C., an association football team from Northern Ireland
Ice hockey teams
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Cleveland Crusaders, a World Hockey Association team from 1972 to 1976
Rugby league teams
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London Broncos, an English rugby league club once known as London Crusaders
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Crusaders Rugby League, a defunct Welsh rugby league club, formerly the Celtic Crusaders
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North Wales Crusaders, Phoenix club of the above
Rugby union teams
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Crusaders (rugby union), a rugby union team from New Zealand, formerly the Canterbury Crusaders
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Western Crusaders, a rugby union team from Fiji
Other uses in sports
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Crusader (horse) (1923–1940), a United States racehorse
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Lucas Oil Crusader, a monster truck currently racing in the Monster Jam professional monster truck racing series
Transportation
Civilian aircraft and ships
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Crusader (speedboat), the jet speedboat in which John Cobb died
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American Gyro AG-4 Crusader, an aircraft built by the Crusader Aircraft Corporation
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Cessna T303 Crusader, a civilian aircraft
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Short Crusader, a racing seaplane built by Short Brothers
Civilian ground vehicles
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Crusader (train), a streamlined train which operated between 1937 and 1981
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Crusader, a type of emergency ambulance in widespread use in the United Kingdom, originally developed by the St John Ambulance Brigade
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Crusader, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive that was built for and ran on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
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Royal Enfield Crusader Sports, a 248cc motorcycle of the 1960s
Other uses
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The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S.
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Urban Saints, a Christian youth charity based in the United Kingdom previously known as Crusaders
See also
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Crusade (disambiguation)
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Mujahid (disambiguation)
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Mujahideen, participants in jihad ("crusade" or "struggle")