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cavalcade noun [ ˌkav(ə)lˈkeɪd ]

• a formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles.
• "the royal cavalcade proceeded through the city"
Similar: procession, parade, motorcade, carcade, cortège, march, column, troop, file, train, caravan, retinue, march-past, crocodile,
Origin: late 16th century (denoting a ride or raid on horseback): from French, from Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare ‘to ride’, based on Latin caballus ‘horse’.


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