Cavalcade
noun
A procession or parade on horseback, or a mass of riders.
A cavalcade of riders passed through the town in celebration of the holiday.
Often appears as...
- join a cavalcade
- lead a cavalcade
noun
Any processional or parade like sequence or event.
The awards show was a cavalcade of Hollywood stars.
Often appears as...
- cavalcade of cars
- cavalcade of stars
noun
A dramatic sequence or procession of events, as in a historical tableau.
The documentary presented a cavalcade of historic events.
Often appears as...
- cavalcade of history
- cavalcade of memories
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Academic
noun
A procession or parade on horseback, or a mass of riders.
A cavalcade of riders passed through the town in celebration of the holiday.
Often appears as...
- join a cavalcade
- lead a cavalcade
noun
Any processional or parade like sequence or event.
The awards show was a cavalcade of Hollywood stars.
Often appears as...
- cavalcade of cars
- cavalcade of stars
noun
A dramatic sequence or procession of events, as in a historical tableau.
The documentary presented a cavalcade of historic events.
Often appears as...
- cavalcade of history
- cavalcade of memories
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/1Grandeur and Order
Cavalcades are organized with a focus on orderliness and often perceived as grand or elegant.
Dignitaries joined the cavalcade in a display of unity.
Pro Tip 1/1Grandeur and Order
Cavalcades are organized with a focus on orderliness and often perceived as grand or elegant.
Dignitaries joined the cavalcade in a display of unity.
Pro Tip 1/1Grandeur and Order
Cavalcades are organized with a focus on orderliness and often perceived as grand or elegant.
Dignitaries joined the cavalcade in a display of unity.
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Jeff Bezos: The...
a fact we were unaware of, until after the miserable wretches turned beneath the hooves of our cavalcade. The eyeless sockets of the pack animals everywhere account for the myriads of ravens along the road. The inhumanity which this trail has been witness to, the heartbreak and suffering which so many have undergone,
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Jeff Bezos: The...
a fact we were unaware of, until after the miserable wretches turned beneath the hooves of our cavalcade. The eyeless sockets of the pack animals everywhere account for the myriads of ravens along the road. The inhumanity which this trail has been witness to, the heartbreak and suffering which so many have undergone,
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Quote examples
Steve Erickson
American Novelist
Downton Abbey' is a pageant, a cavalcade of a time when being born right is the first and most irrevocable career move, and in which an older order - whose passing 'Downton's' creator, Julian Fellowes, clearly mourns - is submerging in icy seas as surely as a grand and extravagant ocean liner.
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Julian Sands
British Actor
The thing about Mumbai is you go five yards and all of human existence is revealed. It's an incredible cavalcade of life, and I love that.
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
Downton Abbey' is a pageant, a cavalcade of a time when being born right is the first and most irrevocable career move, and in which an older order - whose passing 'Downton's' creator, Julian Fellowes, clearly mourns - is submerging in icy seas as surely as a grand and extravagant ocean liner.
Quote examples
Julian Sands
British Actor
The thing about Mumbai is you go five yards and all of human existence is revealed. It's an incredible cavalcade of life, and I love that.
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