cavalcade
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See also: cavalcadé
Etymology
From French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare (“to ride on horseback”), from Medieval Latin caballicō, from Vulgar Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of chevauchee.
Pronunciation
Noun
cavalcade (plural cavalcades)
- (collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
- Synonym: company
- 1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, pages 357–358:
- To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds.
- A ceremonial parade.
- Synonyms: parade, procession
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- For the first three hours all went as well as could be expected, and then an accident happened that nearly lost us the pleasure of the company of our venerable friend Billali, whose litter was leading the cavalcade.
- 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, …
- 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.
- (by extension) An often dramatic series or chain of events or things.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
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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:
Further reading
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cavalcade f (plural cavalcades or cavalcaden, diminutive cavalcadetje n)
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Homophones: cavalcadent, cavalcades
Noun
cavalcade f (plural cavalcades)
Verb
cavalcade
- inflection of cavalcader:
Further reading
- “cavalcade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
From Old French, see English cavalcade.
Noun
cavalcade f (plural cavalcades)
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