Cru-sā'do, n.

noun

n. [Pg. cruzado, from cruz, Lat. crux, a cross.] [Written also crusade and cruzado.]

Sense 1. A crusade. [Obs.] Swinburne.

Sense 2. A Portuguese coin, so called from having a cross stamped on one side.

Believe me, I had rather lost my purse Full of crusadoes. Shak.