parade
noun
a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
parader
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a word derived from
parade.
Example Sentences
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Lieutenant Scheisskopf, who had not yet made his reputation as a parader, shuddered violently at the picture Major Major would make marching barefoot in his squadron that coming Sunday.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
"When do we reach the reviewing stand?" asked a parader, named Joe Smith, of a man marching beside him.
From The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin
This captain of whom I speak was a padded shape—shirker from the front line—a parader of his uniform before women.
From The Day of the Beast by Zane Grey
Every individual parader in the procession wore a somber black arm-band.
From Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings by Annie Hamilton Donnell
