cavalcade

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cavalcade

/ˈkæv.əlˌkeɪd/
/ˌkæv.əlˈkeɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪd

Where it comes from

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.

noun cavalcades

collective A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc. 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
Similar: company
A ceremonial parade. 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.
Similar: parade, procession
A trail ride, usually more than one day long. Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.
broadly An often dramatic series or chain of events or things. 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.
Similar: chain, series

verb cavalcades · cavalcading · 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 Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but […]

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noun procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.

Español	cabalgada
日本語	乗馬隊 jōbatai
中文	騎馬行列 /骑马行列 qímǎ hángliè
Português	cavalgada
Français	cavalcade
Deutsch	Kavalkade, Reiterzug
Русский	кавалька́да kavalʹkáda

noun parade

Deutsch	Reiterzug, berittener Zug, Kavalkade

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@misc{cavalcade_2026,
  title = {cavalcade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cavalcade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}