croise means A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross, i.e. a Christian crusader. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
croise is pronounced /kɹɔɪz/.
Why “croise” is a great word
CROISE — [Noun] A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross as an emblem, specifically a Christian crusader. From French crois, meaning "crusader", itself derived from croix ("cross"). Unlike "crusader" (a broader term for any participant in the medieval expeditions) or "palmer" (a pilgrim marked by a palm frond from the Holy Land), a croise is defined by that singular, woven or carved insignia. It is the coarse wool tunic with the crude red stitch, the weight of the wooden emblem against a sun-baked chest on the march, and the final glint of that same cross in the dust as the line breaks—the physical burden that made the abstract vow palpable.
Etymology
From French crois (“crusader”).
noun
- A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross, i.e. a Christian crusader.“The conquests of the Croises, extending over Palestine and a part of Syria, had been erected into a sovereignty under the name of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.”