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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.
Definition 2024
cavalcade
cavalcade
See also: cavalcadé
English
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Noun
cavalcade (plural cavalcades)
- A company of riders.
- 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, …
- 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter IX, Section iii
- 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.
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- (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
- (company of riders): company
- (parade): parade, procession
- (series): chain, series
Translations
company of riders
parade
Verb
cavalcade (third-person singular simple present cavalcades, present participle cavalcading, simple past and past participle cavalcaded)
- 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.
- 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:
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: cavalcadent, cavalcades
Noun
cavalcade f (plural cavalcades)
Verb
cavalcade
- first-person singular present indicative of cavalcader
- third-person singular present indicative of cavalcader
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cavalcader
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cavalcader
- second-person singular imperative of cavalcader