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THIRD CRUSADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Third Crusade mean?
• THIRD CRUSADE (noun)
The noun THIRD CRUSADE has 1 sense:
1. a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
Familiarity information: THIRD CRUSADE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
Crusade (any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims)
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