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crucifer

US/ˈkɹu.sɪ.fəɹ/

crucifer noun: a person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.

Noun

crucifer (plural crucifers)

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

crucifer meaning in Tamil

crucifer in Tamil

குறுக்கைத்தாங்கி

Forms of crucifer

pluralcrucifers

Origin of crucifer

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

Words formed from crucifer

Words that rhyme with crucifer

Questions about crucifer

What does crucifer mean?
Crucifer means a person who carries a cross in a religious procession, a cross bearer.
What is crucifer in Tamil?
Crucifer in Tamil is குறுக்கைத்தாங்கி. See Crucifer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crucifer?
Crucifer is a noun.
How do you pronounce crucifer?
Crucifer is pronounced /ˈkɹu.sɪ.fəɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of crucifer?
The plural of crucifer is crucifers.

Words near crucifer in the dictionary

  1. Crucible curse
  2. crucible steel
  3. crucible steels
  4. crucibles
  5. crucicentric
  6. crucifer
  7. cruciferaceous
  8. cruciferin
  9. cruciferins
  10. cruciferous
  11. crucifers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crucifer (page history and authors); crucifer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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