Synonyms for cavalcade

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kav-uhl-keyd, kav-uhl-keyd

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæv əlˈkeɪd, ˈkæv əlˌkeɪd

Définition of cavalcade

Origin : 1590s, via Middle French cavalcade (15c.), from Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare "to ride on horseback," from Vulgar Latin *caballicare (also source of Spanish cabalgada, Portuguese cavalgata), from Latin caballus (see cavalier). Literally, "a procession on horseback;" in 20c. -cade came to be regarded as a suffix and taken to form motorcade (1913), etc.

noun parade

Example sentences :

Before the cavalcade entered the mouth of the cañon he had some thirty men about him.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He ran a short distance away from us, circling our cavalcade.
Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

Under the archway they rode, Farnese at the head of the cavalcade.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

How am I a sharer in his triumphs, save as the charger that marches in the cavalcade?
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

The November evening had closed in when the cavalcade entered Canterbury.
Extract from : « The Reign of Mary Tudor » by W. Llewelyn Williams.

Then the cavalcade would sweep on its way and the street be duller than before.
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

The cavalcade, for it was no less, broke into parties which were often out of sight of each other.
Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli

And gathering up the reins, he drove on, followed by the cavalcade of burros.
Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown

Half a bowshot from the gate the cavalcade met Cæsar's suite.
Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius

And the members of the cavalcade had not pushed these animals as they had their first.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

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