noun

• (historical) A fighter in the medieval Crusades who had taken the Cross.
• (figurative) A person engaged in a crusade.
• (Islam, politics, derogatory, Islamism) An American, especially a soldier or leader who wages war against Islamist militants.
• (Islam, politics, derogatory, Islamism, religious slur) A Westerner; a Christian, especially of European descent or a missionary.
• (Islam, politics, derogatory, Islamism) (either attributively or in the plural) The United States and its Western allies.