English
cavalcade
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈkævəlˌkeɪd/, /ˌkævəlˈkeɪd/
Noun

cavalcade (plural cavalcades)

  1. (collective) A company of riders.
    Synonyms: company
  2. A parade.
    Synonyms: parade, procession
    • 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.
  4. (by extension) A series, a chain (e.g. of events).
    Synonyms: chain, series
    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.
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Translations Translations Verb

cavalcade (cavalcades, present participle cavalcading; 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.


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