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noun
- 1. a formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles: "the royal cavalcade proceeded through the city"
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CAVALCADE definition: 1. a line of people, vehicles, horses, etc. following a particular route as part of a ceremony 2. a…. Learn more.
1. a. : a procession (see procession entry 1 sense 1) of riders or carriages. b. : a procession of vehicles or ships. 2. : a dramatic sequence or procession : series. a cavalcade of natural disasters. Did you know? The History of Cavalcade.
1. A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages. 2. A ceremonial procession or display. 3. A succession or series: starred in a cavalcade of Broadway hits. [French, from Old French, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare, to ride on horseback, from Medieval Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus, horse; see cavalier.]
countable noun. A cavalcade is a procession of people on horses or in cars or carriages. ...a cavalcade of limousines and police motorcycles. [+ of] Synonyms: parade, train, procession, march-past More Synonyms of cavalcade. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
So strictly speaking, a cavalcade is group of people on horseback or in horse-drawn carriages, moving together in some kind of ceremony or parade. But cavalcades can include vehicles or people walking, like the motorcycle cavalcades that sometimes accompany a funeral procession.
noun [ C ] us / ˌkæv. ə lˈkeɪd / uk / ˌkæv. ə lˈkeɪd / Add to word list. a line of people, vehicles, horses, etc. following a particular route as part of a ceremony. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ceremonies. anti-ritualism. ceremonially. ceremony. civil ceremony. hara-kiri. initiate. initiation ceremony. initiatory. installation.
a line of people on horses or in vehicles forming part of a ceremony. The Lord Mayor escorted the royal cavalcade through the streets of London. The cavalcade swept onward through the gates. They were followed by a cavalcade of 20 cars.
Cavalcade definition: a procession of persons riding on horses, in horsedrawn carriages, in cars, etc.. See examples of CAVALCADE used in a sentence.
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Arm people with a cloak of anonymity and a shield of non-accountability, and watch the cavalcade of crazy charge. From The Daily Beast Yet surprisingly, the woman who originated this annual cavalcade now dismisses the spectacle she seemingly created.
