crusaders

noun

plural of crusader
as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause a crusader for improved safety in coal mines

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Recent Examples of crusaders The book is full of stories of villains, like the venomous heroin that took so many of Seattle’s crusaders as well as the music industry that never quite understood where Soundgarden belonged. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026 The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps. — Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026 Anti-porn crusaders of all ilks also hijacked the news of Radvinsky’s passing for their various pro-censorship agendas. — Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026 Kennedy has stocked key public health advisory committees with anti-vax crusaders. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026 In the twelfth century the crusaders occupied the city and built a large church, which became the Omari Mosque—also known as the Great Mosque of Gaza—after Saladin’s armies retook the area in 1187. — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 12 Feb. 2026 For now, privacy crusaders are left to wait. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2025 From anti-porn crusaders to major Statehouse players Founded in the basement of College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati in 1983, CCV, then called Citizens for Community Values, was waging culture wars before they were even called culture wars. — Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2025 While the action-awareness gap isn’t lost on climate crusaders and corporate comptrollers alike, most climate solutions for reduction start with sentience—fashion included, and no, not just in trend forecasting. — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
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  1. partisans
  2. militants
  3. activists
  4. zealots
Noun
  • Such traits help elevate interactions with the natural world – and might do the same among neighbors, colleagues, and even political partisans.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Our research also found that stronger partisans are more susceptible to this tactic.
    — Andrew Moshirnia, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of partisans
Noun
  • Boko Haram militants in Nigeria are using (mostly closed) AI to plan attacks and gain tactical advantages, The New York Times reported.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That standoff lasted 41 days, ending with the arrest of the militants and the death of one, rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum, who was shot by law enforcement.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of militants
Noun
  • As residents, activists, farmers and journalists squeezed and jostled through the crowd, holding court in one corner was Budd-Falen, the high-ranking official with the Interior Department.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The fatal crash has led city leaders and animal rights activists to take a new look at ridding New York of carriage horses.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of activists
Noun
  • Continue reading … POWER RECLAIMED — Congress moves to unshackle states from California's ‘climate zealots’.
    — , FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Democrats looking for a way to reclaim their party can find inspiration in the career of Neil Kinnock, who in the mid-1980s rescued the British Labour Party from a determined band of sectarian zealots.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of zealots

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