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Definition of "cavalcade" [cav•al•cade]

  • A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages. (noun)
  • A ceremonial procession or display. (noun)
  • A succession or series: starred in a cavalcade of Broadway hits. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cavalcade" in a sentence
  • "Scientology public affairs director for Scotland, Gordon Reid, said: The purpose of the cavalcade is to provide help to people."
  • "Albert Hoffer was favoured by her protectress, and the three passed in cavalcade before my smoky window."
  • "Metro police vehicles to do scene control, the SAPS, and thrown into the cavalcade are the towtruck drivers."