crusader

It is the story of Mary Roy, her formidable, mercurial mother: feminist icon, educator, crusader, eccentric, bully, inspiration.

Its crusader is a magnificent doofus trying to improve himself.

The founder, Clifford Clinton, was a good-government civic crusader, and his cafeterias’ policy was to let folks eat free if they couldn’t afford the tab.

Cheering for such idealism used to feel corny; all the cool, caped crusaders had ethical kinks.

Reflecting on the press, he later noted, "The press has pretensions of being a crusader but is more often a preserver of the status quo."