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Crusader may refer to:
Military
- Crusader, a participant in one of the Crusades. See Category:People of the Crusades and List of principal Crusaders
- Crusader states, states set up by the Europeans in the Balkans and the Middle East during The Crusades
- Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II
- HMS Crusader, three British naval ships
- Operation Crusader, a British attack in North African campaign in World War II
- VMFA-122 Crusaders, a United States Marine Corps fixed wing fighter-attack squadron 122
- XM2001 Crusader, an American self-propelled artillery project
- Crusaders (guerrilla), a Croatian anti-communist guerrilla army
Transportation
- Crusader (speedboat), the jet speedboat in which John Cobb died
- Crusader (train), a streamlined train which operated between 1937 and 1981
- Crusader, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive that was built for and ran on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
- Crusader ambulance (original version named Crusader 900), a type of emergency ambulance in widespread use in the United Kingdom, originally developed by the St John Ambulance Brigade
Aircraft
- F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet
- XF8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8 and compete with the F-4 Phantom II
- Short Crusader, a racing seaplane built by Short Brothers
- Crusader Aircraft Corporation
- American Gyro AG-4 Crusader an aircraft built by the Crusader Aircraft Corporation
- Cessna T303 Crusader
Comics
- Crusader (Marvel Comics), two different fictional characters in Marvel Comics
- 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
- Crusader X, an alternate version of Captain Britain
- Mighty Crusaders, an Archie comics superhero team, later licensed by DC Comics and relaunched as "The Crusaders" on the Imprint label
- The Southern Knights were originally called the Crusaders in their first issue but had to change their name due to Archie Comics' Mighty Crusaders
- Crusader, an alias used by a character claiming to be Marvel Boy
- The Caped Crusader, an epithet for Batman
Games
- Crusader (game series), a 1995 action computer game series
- Crusader (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons character class
- Crusader, a class in the MMORPG Dungeon Fighter Online
- Crusader: Adventure Out of Time, a 1997 video game
- Crusader Kings (video game), a 2004 strategy computer game
- Stronghold: Crusader, a 2001 computer strategy game
- Crusader, a class in the MMORPG Dragon Nest Sea
Novels
- The Crusaders, a 1948 bestseller by Stefan Heym
Louisa Stanhope
- The Crusaders. An Historical Romance, of the Twelfth Century, an 1820 novel by Louisa Stanhope
- Crusader (Sara Douglass novel), a 1999 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass
- Crusader (Bloor novel), a 1999 novel by Edward Bloor
Film and television
- The Crusaders (1918 film), a 1918 Italian film
- The Crusaders (2001 film), a 2001 Italian television mini-series
- Crusader (film), a 2005 TV movie starring Bo Derek and Andrew McCarthy
- "Crusaders" (original name Krzyżacy means "crusaders"), a Polish film released as Knights of the Teutonic Order
- The Crusader (1932 film), a 1932 film starring Evelyn Brent
- The Crusader (2007 film), a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture
- Crusader (TV series), a 1955–1956 adventure/drama television series starring Brian Keith
- Crusade (TV series), a short-lived 1999 science fiction television series and spin-off to Babylon 5
- Crusader Rabbit, an animated television series
Music
Albums
- Crusader (Chris de Burgh album) released in 1979
- Crusader (Saxon album) released in 1984
- The Crusader (album), the 2003 debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe
Groups
- The Crusaders, a jazz and R&B group popular in the 1970s
- The Crusaders (1960s garage band), a 1960s garage band who released first Gospel rock record
- Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International division I marching band
- Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a DCI Open Class drum corps
- The Crusaders, Neil Christian's backing group
Sport clubs
- Crusaders Rugby League, a Welsh rugby league club, formerly the Celtic Crusaders
- Crusaders (rugby union), a rugby union team from New Zealand, formerly the Canterbury Crusaders
- Western Crusaders, a rugby union team from Fiji
- Crusaders F.C., an association football team from Northern Ireland
- Valparaiso Crusaders, the sports teams of Valparaiso University
- Crusaders, the sports teams of the University of Dallas
- Holy Cross Crusaders, the athletics teams of College of the Holy Cross
- Canisius Crusaders, the athletics teams of Canisius High School, Buffalo, NY
- North Greenville Crusaders, the athletic teams of North Greenville University, Tigerville, South Carolina
- Harlequins Rugby League, an English rugby league club once known as London Crusaders
- Crusaders, the athletics teams of Chicago's Brother Rice High School
- Crusaders, the sports teams of Pensacola Catholic High School
Other uses
- Crusader (horse) (1923–1940), United States racehorse
- A newspaper in New Orleans that opposed racial segregation in the 1890s
- The Crusaders' Union, now Urban Saints, a British interdenominational group founded by Albert Kestin
- The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S.
- The Crusader (newspaper), the student newspaper of the College of the Holy Cross
- The Crusader (sculpture), a 1931 Lorado Taft sculpture in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery