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"CRUSADES" is a plural of: crusade. |
Date "CRUSADES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Crusades (2 syl.). Holy wars in which the warriors wore a cross, and fought, nominally at least, for the honour of the cross. Each nation had its special colour, which, says Matthew Paris (i. 446), was red for France; white for England; green for Flanders; for Italy it was blue or azure; for Spain, gules; for Scotland, a St. Andrew's cross; for the Knights Templars, red on white. The seven Crusades. (1) 1096-1100. Preached up by Peter the Hermit. Led by Godfrey of Bouillon, who took Jerusalem. As a result of this crusade, Geoffrey of Bouillon became the virtual king of Jerusalem. (2) 1147-1149. At the instigation of St. Bernard. Led by Louis VII. and the Emperor Conrad. To secure the union of Europe. (3) 1189-1193. Led by Richard Lionheart. For knightly distinction. This was against Saladin or Salah-Eddin. (4) 1202-1204. Led by Baldwin of Flanders and the doge. To glorify the Venetians. (5) 1217. Led by John of Brienne, titular King of Jerusalem. To suit his own purpose. (6) 1228-1229. Led by Frederick II. As a result, Palestine was ceded to Frederick (Kaiser of Germany), who was crowned king of Jerusalem. (7) 1248-1254 and (8) 1268-1270. To satisfy the religious scruples of Louis IX. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: CRUSADES |
| English words defined with "CRUSADES": Anthony Comstock ♦ Brindisi ♦ Comstock ♦ Louis IX ♦ Saint Louis, Saracen ♦ troy weight. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CRUSADES": Dullard ♦ Free Lances ♦ Holy Wars ♦ LOUIS IX ♦ Malbrouk ♦ Plymouth Cloak. (references) |
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Screenplays | Captain Leo Winwood and I had a relationship that was long and bloody, like the Crusades, only without the chivalry. (Kolchak: The Night Stalker; writing credit: David Chase; Rudolph Borchert) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Crusades (1935) | |
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Captain J. G. Stedman | During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has accomplished wonders far surpassing Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and Gothic cathedrals; it has conducted expeditions that put in the shade all former Exoduses of nations and crusades. (reference) |
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Economic History | Cyprus | After brief possession by Richard the Lion-Hearted during the Crusades, the island came under Frankish control in the late 12th century. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DULLARD, n. A member of the reigning dynasty in letters and life. The Dullards came in with Adam, and being both numerous and sturdy have overrun the habitable world. The secret of their power is their insensibility to blows; tickle them with a bludgeon and they laugh with a platitude. The Dullards came originally from Boeotia, whence they were driven by stress of starvation, their dullness having blighted the crops. For some centuries they infested Philistia, and many of them are called Philistines to this day. In the turbulent times of the Crusades they withdrew thence and gradually overspread all Europe, occupying most of the high places in politics, art, literature, science and theology. Since a detachment of Dullards came over with the Pilgrims in the Mayflower and made a favorable report of the country, their increase by birth, immigration, and conversion has been rapid and steady. According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians. The intellectual centre of the race is somewhere about Peoria, Illinois, but the New England Dullard is the most shockingly moral. |
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| "CRUSADES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 59.62% of the time. "CRUSADES" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 59.62% | 62 | 42,755 |
| Noun (proper) | 39.42% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.96% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 104 | N/A |
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| Language | Translations for "CRUSADES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | kämpft (fights, struggles, tussles). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 十字軍 (Crusaders). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | じゅうじぐ" (Crusaders). (various references) | ||||
Manx | caggaghyn ny croshey. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | usadescray | ||||
Misspellings | |
"CRUSADES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caussade, ccrusades, crissakes, crusdae, crustade, Cruzate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CRUSADES" (pronounced kruwsā"dz) |
| 4 | -s ā" d z | palisades. |
| 3 | -ā" d z | aides, aids, arcades, blades, blockades, braids, brigades, brocades, cascades, charades, decades, degrades, evades, fades, glades, grades, grenades, invades, jades, maids, parades, persuades, pervades, raids, shades, spades, suedes, tirades, trades, upgrades, wades. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: arcuses, assured, causers, cesuras, crusade, saucers, sucrase. | |
-2 letters: assure, cadres, caress, carses, caused, causer, causes, cedars, cesura, crases, crudes, cruses, cursed, curses, cussed, cusser, druses, duress, escars, sacred, sauced, saucer, sauces, scared, scares, scaurs, seracs, sucres, sudser, urases. | |
-3 letters: acred, acres, arced, arcus, arses, ascus, assed, aures, cades, cadre, cards, cared, cares, carse. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-r-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: crusaders, crusadoes, cuirassed, surceased. | |
+2 letters: crassitude, croustades, reductases, transduces, underclass. | |
+3 letters: ambuscaders, archduchess, crassitudes, discourages, secularised, transducers. | |
+4 letters: accursedness, cotransduces, discouragers, disturbances, quadricepses, resuscitated, underclasses. | |
+5 letters: archduchesses, underclassman, underclassmen, undersurfaces. | |
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