Crusader or Crusaders may refer to:

Military

* Crusader, a participant in one of the

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* 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 * , 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''), 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 * 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), released in 1979 * ''Crusader'' (Saxon album), released in 1984 * ''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), 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'' * ''The Crusader'' (1932 film), a 1932 film starring Evelyn Brent * ''The Crusader'' (2007 film), a 2007 direct-to-DVD motion picture * ''The Crusaders'' (1918 film), a 1918 Italian film * ''The Crusaders'' (2001 film), a 2001 Italian television mini-series

Games

* ''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), a 1999 novel by Edward Bloor * ''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 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), 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 * 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), a streamlined train which operated between 1937 and 1981 * 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 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