Crusader
Crusader or Crusaders may refer to:
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Military
- Crusader, a participant in one of the Crusades
- Convair NB-36H Crusader, an experimental nuclear-powered bomber
- 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
- VMFA-122 Crusaders, United States Marine Corps fixed wing Fighter-Attack Squadron 122
- XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project
Arts, entertainment, and media
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
- Caped Crusader, an epithet for Batman
- Crusader X, an alternate version of Captain Britain
- 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
- Mighty Crusaders, an Archie comics superhero team, later licensed by DC Comics and relaunched as "The Crusaders" on the Imprint label
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime
Films
- Crusader (film), a 2005 TV movie starring Bo Derek and Andrew McCarthy
- "Crusaders" (original title Krzyżacy means "Crusaders"), a Polish film released as Knights of the Teutonic Order
- The Crusader (1932 film), a 1932 film starring Evelyn Brent
- The Crusader (2007 film), a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture
- The Crusaders (1918 film), a 1918 Italian film
- The Crusaders (2001 film), a 2001 Italian television mini-series
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
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), a jazz and R&B group popular in the 1970s
- 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
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 East St. Louis Crusader, a former newspaper in East St. Louise for African Americans
- 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
- Southern Knights, a comic series originally called the Crusaders in their first issue
- The Crusader (sculpture), a 1931 Lorado Taft sculpture in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery
Sports
Athletics teams
- Bishop Heelan Catholic High School Crusaders, Sioux City, IA
- 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, NY
- 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
- 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
Ice hockey teams
- Cleveland Crusaders, a World Hockey Association team from 1972 to 1976
Rugby teams
- Crusaders (rugby union), a rugby union team from New Zealand, formerly the Canterbury Crusaders
- Crusaders Rugby League, a defunct Welsh rugby league club, formerly the Celtic Crusaders
- North Wales Crusaders, Phoenix club of the above
- London Broncos, an English rugby league club once known as London 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
- Royal Enfield Crusader Sports, a 248cc motorcycle of the 1960s
Other uses
- The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S.
- Urban Saints, a Christian youth charity based in the United Kingdom previously known as Crusaders
See also
Search for "crusader" on Wikipedia.
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- Crusade (disambiguation)
- Mujahid (disambiguation)
- Mujahideen, participants in jihad ("crusade" or "struggle")
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