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From Latin crucifer (cross-bearer), from crux (cross) + ferō (I carry, bear).

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crucifer (plural crucifers)

  1. (Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
  2. (botany) A member of the family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae), the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
 
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Latin

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Etymology

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From crux (cross) +‎ -fer (bearer).

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crucifer m (genitive cruciferī); second declension

  1. the cross-bearer, that is Jēsūs Chrīstus
  2. (post-classical, historical) the Kreuzer (German coin bearing cross)
  3. (Medieval Latin) crusader

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crucifer cruciferī
Genitive cruciferī cruciferōrum
Dative cruciferō cruciferīs
Accusative cruciferum cruciferōs
Ablative cruciferō cruciferīs
Vocative crucifer cruciferī
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References

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  • crucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • crucifer in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “crucifer”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 283