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Webster 1913 Edition


Cavalcade

Cav′al-cadeˊ

,
Noun.
[F.
cavalcade
, fr. It.
cavalcata
, fr.
cavalcare
to go on horseback, fr. LL.
caballicare
, fr. L.
caballus
an inferior horse, Gr. [GREEK]. Cf.
Cavalier
,
Cavalry
.]
A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.
He brought back war-worn
cavalcade
to the city.
Prescott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cavalcade

CAVALCADE

,
Noun.
A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen and equipage, by way of parade, or to grace a triumph, the public entry of a person of distiction, &c.

Definition 2024


cavalcade

cavalcade

See also: cavalcadé

English

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Noun

cavalcade (plural cavalcades)

  1. A company of riders.
  2. A parade.
    • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter IX, Section iii
      In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, …
  3. A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
      Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.
  4. (by extension) A series, a chain (e.g. of events).
    As soon as I visited this website, a cavalcade of dialog boxes started to appear on my screen; that's when I realized my computer was infected with a virus.

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

cavalcade (third-person singular simple present cavalcades, present participle cavalcading, simple past and past participle cavalcaded)

  1. To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion
    • 1725, John Windhus, “A Journey to Mequinez”, in John Pinkerton, The Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels, Volume 15, Longman et al. (1814), page 478:
      Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but []
    • 1866, Elizabeth Charles, The Draytons and the Davenants, M. W. Dodd, pages 348–9:
      [] although for the most part he believed the devil was too good a general to let his soldiers waste their time in cavalcading about on broom-sticks.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

cavalcade f (plural cavalcades)

  1. cavalcade

Verb

cavalcade

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cavalcader
  2. third-person singular present indicative of cavalcader
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cavalcader
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cavalcader
  5. second-person singular imperative of cavalcader

Norman

Etymology

From Old French, see cavalcade.

Noun

cavalcade f (plural cavalcades)

  1. cavalcade