Jonathan Miles

The James Brown we saw tended to be the James Brown we chose to see: as the caped crusader of funk and soul, adored by millions, or as the face in a seemingly endless series of mug shots. The ways in which he appealed to and appalled different audiences made Brown a kind of national Rorschach test.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

I've been asked about the glass ceiling a lot, and I don't think of myself as some kind of crusader going around smashing glass. I don't feel like I had to - and that is a very, very strong flag showing the people around me made it, so I didn't have to.

South Korean Director

Paolo Gentiloni

Responding to terrorism inevitably implies military consequences. This may shock some people, but these groups must also be dealt with on a military footing. I won't use the word 'combat' to avoid being painted as a crusader.

Italian Politician

Rajiv Menon

Rajarathinam Pillai was a performing genius and a crusader. His was a shining mind, prone to excesses of temper and his life can be seen as a continuous struggle for recognition.

Indian Director

Nikos Kazantzakis

Life is a crusade in the service of God. Whether we wished to or not, we set out as crusaders to free - not the Holy Sepulcher - but that God buried in matter and in our souls.

Greek Writer

Brian Wilson

I consider myself to be a crusader of love. I try to spread love around the world as best I can because I know I have a handle on love.

American Musician

Rajkumar Hirani

I'm a film maker, not a crusader. I know a film will not change the world. If it can make a difference to a few that's good enough.

Alice McDermott

I'm a novelist. I'm not a crusader, and I'm not an editorial writer. And I'm not writing fiction to convince anybody of anything.

American Writer

Toni Collette

I played a lot of mothers before I even became a mother. It wasn't like I set out to be some sort of mother crusader.

Australian Actress

Big Boi

When I leave a room, it's gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I'm a soul-funk crusader.

Today, 'crusader' is often used metaphorically for activists and reformers without religious context.

Modern Activism

'Crusader' typically suggests a positive view of someone's dedication to a cause.

Positive Connotations

Using 'crusader' implies action; not just beliefs, but taking steps to make change.

Behavior Hint

'Crusader' originally referred to Christian fighters in medieval religious wars.

Historical Campaigns

Use 'crusader' in historical contexts, particularly referencing medieval Europe.

Specific Context

The term carries a religious undertone, directly associated with Christianity.

Religious Undertones

 and forged his signature on decrees to govern the sultanate and advise military commanders. When the crusaders attacked the Egyptian city of Al-Mansurah, Egyptian soldiers ambushed the crusaders and took the French king hostage. Meanwhile, the truth about the sultan’s death began to leak.

How a concubine became...

 who used them to note their travels. You crossed the Atlantic? Get an anchor. Been south of the Equator? Time for your turtle tat. But Westerners sported tattoos long before meeting the Samoans and Maori of the South Pacific. Crusaders got the Jerusalem Cross so if they died in battle,

The history of tattoos -...

 I believe, was put by the person who has blown -- -- himself up, yeah. it was on purpose, because part of the strategies of Daesh is against refugees, because they see refugees as people that should be with the caliphate and are fleeing to the crusaders.

Refugees have the right...

 Alexios was the son of a deposed emperor, and promised the crusaders vast riches and support to help him retake the throne from his uncle. Alexios succeeded, but after a year, the population rebelled and Alexios himself was deposed and killed.

The rise and fall of the...

 devastated the trade integral to Rus wealth and power, while Teutonic crusaders threatened northern territories. The final blow, however, would come from the east. Consumed by their squabbles, Rus princes paid little attention to the rumors

Where did Russia come...

 commanded by a king who shared the Crusader’s vision of marching on Jerusalem. And when a letter allegedly written by this so-called “Prester John” appeared, European rulers were thrilled. While the letter’s actual author remains unknown,

The imaginary king who...

 It's very famous in the crusader period that a lot of stones has the masonry marks. Whoa. So you see you this line-- Or maybe here, this one. Oh, yes, exactly this one. So this is actually the mark of somebody's chisel?

Underground Templar...

 of a volatile inferno, where scientists are looking for signs that could end up saving thousands of lives. Masaya in Nicaragua is so feared that religious crusaders once tried to exorcise the devil out of its heart.

Into Nicaragua's Masaya...

 We had many dinners, late-night discussions, we went to a ball game together. We became friends. And that's when I learned a life lesson. That these NGO crusaders, they're really no different than me.

The business case for...

 and he refined the idea. His idea of jihad was a global war of terror, primarily targeted at the far enemy, at the crusaders from the West, against America.