Word of the Day:
Cavalcade
PRONUNCIATION: [kav-uhl-keyd]
MEANING:
noun - A formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles.
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ETYMOLOGY: 1590s, via M.Fr. cavalcade (15c.), from It. cavalcata, from cavalcare "to ride on horseback," from V.L. *caballicare, from L. 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.
USAGE: A police escort led the cavalcade through the heart of the city.
SYNONYMS: array, drill, march-past, procession, promenade, review, spectacle, train
Cavalcade
PRONUNCIATION: [kav-uhl-keyd]
MEANING:
noun - A formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles.
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ETYMOLOGY: 1590s, via M.Fr. cavalcade (15c.), from It. cavalcata, from cavalcare "to ride on horseback," from V.L. *caballicare, from L. 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.
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SYNONYMS: array, drill, march-past, procession, promenade, review, spectacle, train
