CRUSOE

PRONUNCIATION: (KROO-soh)

MEANING: noun: A castaway; a person who is isolated or without companionship.
verb intr.: To be marooned; to survive or manage through one’s ingenuity without outside help.

ETYMOLOGY: After the title character of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Crusoe was a shipwrecked sailor who spent 28 years on a remote desert island. Earliest documented use: 1888. Crusoe’s aide has also become an eponym in the English language: man Friday.
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CRUSODE - 1. past tense for a great Holy War
2. monies due to finance 1. above
3. epic poetry in praise of 1. above

GRUSOE - what little Johnny did since you saw him last

CRUSOX - what you wear on your feet while rowing in a regatta