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cavalcade
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cav·al·cade  (kvl-kd, kvl-kd)
n.
1. A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages.
2. A ceremonial procession or display.
3. A succession or series: starred in a cavalcade of Broadway hits.

[French, from Old French, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare, to ride on horseback, from Medieval Latin caballicre, from Latin caballus, horse.]

cavalcade [ˌkævəlˈkeɪd]
n
1. a procession of people on horseback, in cars, etc.
2. any procession a cavalcade of guests
[from French, from Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare to ride on horseback, from Late Latin caballicāre, from caballus horse]

Cavalcade a procession of persons on horseback; a procession or parade of carriages.
Examples: cavalcade of carriages; of devils, 1709; of horsemen; of songs; of sewarry [Indian mounted troops], 1616.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cavalcade - a procession of people traveling on horseback
procession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

cavalcade
noun parade, train, procession, march-past a cavalcade of limousines and police motorcycles
Translations
cavalcade [ˌkævəlˈkeɪd] Ncabalgata f (fig) → desfile m

cavalcade [ˌkævəlˈkeɪd] n [cars, carriages, horses] → cortège m

cavalcade
nKavalkade f

cavalcade [ˌkævəlˈkeɪd] n (of horses, cars) → sfilata
cavalcade [ˌkævəlˈkeɪd] n (of horses, cars) → sfilata

cavalcade
n cavalcade [kӕvəlˈkeid]
a ceremonial procession. perdekommando; ruiterstoet; kavalkade مَوْكِبُ عَرَباتٍ / خَيلٍ/ فُرسان) шествие kavalkáda, průvod procession der Reiterumzug πομπή desfile, cabalgata kavalkaad رژۀ سواره نظام kavalkadi cortège תַהֲלוּכַת פָּרַשִים जुलूस povorka lovas felvonulás arak-arakan skrúðfylking (compagnia di persone a cavallo) パレード 축제 행렬 kavalkada kavalkāde perarakan optocht opptog; kavalkade kawalkada cavalgada cortegiu кавалькада kavalkáda sprevod jezdecev kavalkada kavalkad ขบวนม้าหรือยานพาหนะในพิธี gösterişli geçit (töreni) 遊行隊伍 кавалькада سواروں کا رسمی جلوس đoàn người cưỡi ngựa ,


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