Home › Words › C › croisadecroisadecroisade means A crusade; a holy war.EtymologyBorrowed from French croisade c. 1575.nounA crusade; a holy war.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.croisado 89% match — A crusade; a holy war. vs croisade →croise 72% match — A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross, i.e. a Christian crusader. vs croisade →crusado 70% match — A crusader. vs croisade →crusadist 70% match — Crusader (attributive); pertaining to or studying the Crusades. vs croisade →crusadery 70% match — Characteristic of crusaders. vs croisade →crusader 68% match — A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades. vs croisade →crescentade 66% match — A religious war for Islam. vs croisade →crusade 65% match — Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars. vs croisade →