cavalcade
[kav-uh l-keyd, kav-uh l-keyd]
- a procession of persons riding on horses, in horsedrawn carriages, in cars, etc.
- any procession.
- any noteworthy series, as of events or activities.
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Origin of cavalcade
Synonyms
See more synonyms for cavalcade on Thesaurus.com2. parade, retinue.
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Examples from the Web for cavalcade
Contemporary Examples
Arm people with a cloak of anonymity and a shield of non-accountability, and watch the cavalcade of crazy charge.
Yet surprisingly, the woman who originated this annual cavalcade now dismisses the spectacle she seemingly created.
There is certainly no room in Twitter's 140 characters for the cavalcade of caveats that trail the so-called “agreement.”
First was the cavalcade of denials and baffling cover-ups she fired off to defend herself.
In a cavalcade of similar stunts played regularly by radio announcers around the world.
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Historical Examples
Before the cavalcade entered the mouth of the cañon he had some thirty men about him.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
He ran a short distance away from us, circling our cavalcade.
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
Under the archway they rode, Farnese at the head of the cavalcade.
The Strolling SaintRaphael Sabatini
How am I a sharer in his triumphs, save as the charger that marches in the cavalcade?
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
The November evening had closed in when the cavalcade entered Canterbury.
The Reign of Mary TudorW. Llewelyn Williams.
cavalcade
- a procession of people on horseback, in cars, etc
- any processiona cavalcade of guests
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Word Origin
C16: from French, from Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare to ride on horseback, from Late Latin caballicāre, from caballus horse
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Word Origin and History for cavalcade
n.
1590s, via Middle French cavalcade (15c.), from Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare "to ride on horseback," from Vulgar Latin *caballicare (also source of Spanish cabalgada, Portuguese cavalgata), from Latin caballus (see cavalier). Literally, "a procession on horseback;" in 20c. -cade came to be regarded as a suffix and taken to form motorcade (1913), etc.
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