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'''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)|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 (Robert Grayson)|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

=== Music ===
==== Albums ====
* [[Crusader (Chris de Burgh album)|''Crusader'' (Chris de Burgh album)]], released in 1979
* [[Crusader (Saxon album)|''Crusader'' (Saxon album)]], released in 1984
* [[The Crusader (album)|''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===
* [[Crusader (film)|''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 (film)|Knights of the Teutonic Order]]''
* [[The Crusader (1932 film)|''The Crusader'' (1932 film)]], a 1932 film starring Evelyn Brent
* [[The Crusader (2007 film)|''The Crusader'' (2007 film)]], a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture
* [[The Crusaders (1918 film)|''The Crusaders'' (1918 film)]], a 1918 Italian film
* [[The Crusaders (2001 film)|''The Crusaders'' (2001 film)]], a 2001 Italian television mini-series

=== Games ===
* [[Crusader (game series)|''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)|''Crusader'' (Bloor novel)]], a 1999 novel by Edward Bloor
* [[Crusader (Sara Douglass novel)|''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 [[Thomas Robb (Ku Klux Klan)|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)|''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 (Chicago)|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 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)|''Crusader'' (train)]], a streamlined train which operated between 1937 and 1981
* [[St John Ambulance (England and the Islands)#Vehicles|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#250_cc_models|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 ==
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* [[Crusade (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mujahid (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mujahideen]], participants in ''jihad'' ("crusade" or "struggle")

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